Coverage dated October 30, 2026

Hackers hit top financial platforms — users suffer staggering losses

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Two popular financial platforms came under attack Thursday within hours of each other. The cryptocurrency platform Binance and prediction market platform Polymarket both suffered huge losses totaling billions of dollars, and it was all stolen directly from users’ accounts.

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    Two popular financial platforms came under attack Thursday within hours of each other. The cryptocurrency platform Binance and prediction market platform Polymarket both suffered huge losses totaling billions of dollars, and it was all stolen directly from users’ accounts.

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