Vulnerability Snapshot
This advisory is rated CRITICAL — exploitation is trivial or already observed in the wild and impact is severe. Patch immediately, not on the next maintenance window.
Executive Summary
Insider trading is rife on Polymarket: Analysis by the Anti-Corruption Data Collective, a non-profit research and advocacy group, found that long-shot bets—Âdefined as wagers of $2,500 or more at odds of 35 percent or less—Âon the platform had an average win rate of around 52 percent in markets on military and defense actions. That compares with a win rate of 25 percent across all politics-focused markets and just 14 percent for all markets on the platform as a whole. It is absolutely insane tha
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What is "Insider Betting on Polymarket"?
This is a critical-severity osint alert from Schneier on Security. It covers the affected product family and was flagged for security teams to evaluate.
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