Polymarket can predict the future. So how did it miss this hack?
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This episode discusses Polymarket's failure to predict its own hack, alongside various cybersecurity issues and news.
Polymarket has built an entire business on predicting the future. So how did it manage to spectacularly fail to predict its own hack? Plus, the Google engineer with a million-dollar secret, and the curious case of the airport hairdryer. Meanwhile, "FortiBleed" sees 75,000 Fortinet firewalls thrown wide open - and the real damage is going to roll on for years. All this and more in episode 474 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Quentyn Taylor. EPISODE LINKS: Danish Police Raided Self-Described Privacy Activist. PM Lives at a Secret Address - State of Surveillance. Hospital probe after 40 staff access crocodile boy's medical records - Cybernews. Third Defendant Sentenced To Prison For Hacking Fantasy Sports And Betting Website - US Dept of Justice. Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets - Engadget. Tweet by Polymarket Traders - XCancel. Polymarket says hackers stole users' funds - TechCrunch. Operation Cloud Hopper: China-based Hackers Target Managed Service Providers - SecurityWeek. The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told - WIRED. Polymarket points to…
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