The interim chief executive of Coupang, Harold Rogers, is scheduled to be questioned by the police regarding perjury allegations stemming from his testimony to lawmakers last year. Rogers faces accusations of providing false information under oath about Coupang’s internal investigation into a significant data breach during a parliamentary hearing. The National Intelligence Service contradicted Rogers’ claim that Coupang conducted its own inquiry into a Chinese national linked to the breach and seized his laptop.
Rogers, along with six former and current Coupang executives, is under scrutiny for potential perjury charges following the denial of the intelligence agency’s involvement. Previously, Rogers underwent a 12-hour interrogation session concerning obstruction of justice related to the data breach affecting over 33 million South Korean customers. Despite evading two prior police summonses and leaving the country in January, Rogers returned to Seoul shortly before the initial interrogation.
In a separate development, Coupang disclosed a data leak affecting more than 165,000 customer accounts, connected to an incident identified in November. The compromised data includes customers’ names, phone numbers, and addresses from the shipping address list. Coupang has informed the impacted customers about the breach in compliance with recommendations from the state’s personal information protection authority. This revelation adds to the scrutiny faced by Coupang following the earlier data breach affecting millions of customers and triggering an official investigation.
