Leaderboard
704All-time rank
P
Polymarket
May 22, 2026
$700K
Lost
$700K
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$700K
Unrecovered0% recovered
Polymarket's internal operations wallet was drained on May 22, 2026 of ~$700K in POL tokens. An attacker obtained a 6-year-old private key and withdrew funds in 5,000 POL batches, but Polymarket confirmed user funds were unaffected.
- Target
- DeFi
- Classification
- Key Compromise
- Technique
- Private Key Compromised
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Polygon
Event timeline
- May 22, 2026Exploit executed — $700K drained via private key compromised
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%