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Malicious Polymarket Bot Hides in Hijacked dev-protocol GitHub Org and Steals Wallet Keys

Published:

15 March 2026 at 20:59:19

Alert date:

15 March 2026 at 21:01:01

Source:

stepsecurity.io

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Supply Chain & Dependencies, Ransomware & Malware

The StepSecurity threat intelligence team discovered that dev-protocol, a verified GitHub organization with 568 followers belonging to a legitimate Japanese DeFi project, has been hijacked. The compromised organization is now being used to distribute malicious Polymarket trading bots that steal wallet keys. This represents a significant supply chain attack targeting cryptocurrency users through a trusted development platform.

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GitHub
dev-protocol
Polymarket

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