Polymarket denies hacking, data leak allegations

Prediction market platform Polymarket has refuted allegations of a hack and data breach. According to Cointelegraph, the claims originated from a hacker known as 'xorcat,' who asserted they had stolen over 300,000 data records from Polymarket and obtained the information of 10,000 users, including real names, profile images, and wallet addresses. After cybersecurity firm Vecert Analyzer and others highlighted the allegations on X, Polymarket dismissed the claims as absurd. The company stated that the posted information was already publicly available online and that the incident was merely an attempt to collect and sell this data, not an actual hack.