Seoul, Dec 28 (IANS) The founder of e-commerce giant Coupang, Kim Bom-suk, on Sunday apologised for a massive data breach, marking his first formal apology since the leak of personal information that affected nearly two-thirds of the population in South Korea.”As the founder and the chairman of the board, I sincerely apologise on behalf of all the employees at Coupang,” Kim was quoted as saying in a written statement issued by the company, reports Yonhap news agency.”I have caused huge frustrati…
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Seoul, Dec 28 (IANS) Coupang founder Kim Bom-suk has said he would not appear for a parliamentary hearing this week over the e-commerce giant’s massive data breach, a lawmaker said on Sunday, in what would be another absence of his over the hearing over the breach that affected nearly 34 million people.Kim has submitted a statement on his non-appearance for the hearing scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Rep. Choi Min-hee of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), reports Yonhap news agency….
Seoul, Dec 27 (IANS) Shinsegae I&C, the information technology (IT) arm of retail giant Shinsegae Group, said the personal data of about 80,000 employees and subcontractors had been breached, but no customer information was compromised.”We have confirmed that personal data of our employees and staff working at our subcontractors has been leaked from our internal intranet system,” the IT company said in a notice to the press about a data breach case.The affected information includes corporate…
Seoul, Dec 25 (IANS) E-commerce giant Coupang said on Thursday it has recovered all leaked personal information involving approximately 3,000 customers, adding that no data has been transferred to anyone outside the company.In a press release, Coupang said it has identified a former employee responsible for the data leak by using forensic evidence, adding that the individual confessed and provided a detailed account of how customer information was accessed, reports Yonhap news agency.The suspect…
Seoul, Dec 25 (IANS) The presidential office was set to hold an emergency meeting with relevant government officials later on Thursday to discuss a recent data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang, informed sources told Yonhap news agency.”There is widespread understanding within the government about the seriousness of the breach,” a source said, asking not to be identified. “Given the gravity of the issue, the meeting will take place even on the holiday.”Kim Yong-beom, presidential chief of sta…
Seoul, Dec 23 (IANS) South Korea on Tuesday launched an interagency task force (TF) to carry out an investigation into the recent data breach at US e-commerce giant Coupang that affected 33.7 million users.The new TF, comprising officials from the science and labor ministries, along with the media watchdog, financial authorities, the police and the spy agency, held its first meeting on the day to investigate facts behind the breach, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT.The task force wil…
Seoul, Dec 22 (IANS) Coupang’s daily active user (DAU) count has fallen to the 14 million range following the e-commerce giant’s disclosure of a massive data breach late last month, industry data showed on Monday.Coupang’s estimated DAU had stood at 14.88 million as of Friday, according to MobileIndex, a data platform operated by industry tracker IGAWorks, reports Yonhap news agency.The figure marked the first time Coupang’s daily user count dropped into the 14 million range since Oct. 25, whe…