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Google security engineer accused of turning confidential search trends into $1.2M win on Polymarket

·Source: CyberScoop

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Executive Summary

Michele Spagnuolo allegedly placed multiple trades on the prediction marketplace, abusing internal access to Google’s nonpublic data on the most searched people in 2025. The post Google security engineer accused of turning confidential search trends into $1.2M win on Polymarket appeared first on CyberScoop .

Analysis

Michele Spagnuolo allegedly placed multiple trades on the prediction marketplace, abusing internal access to Google’s nonpublic data on the most searched people in 2025. The post Google security engineer accused of turning confidential search trends into $1.2M win on Polymarket appeared first on CyberScoop .
Source Attribution

Originally published by CyberScoop on May 28, 2026.

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