Seoul, Feb 25 (IANS) US-listed e-commerce giant Coupang said on Wednesday that around 200,000 Taiwanese accounts were leaked in a recent data breach that affected about 33 million accounts.The announcement came after Coupang requested cybersecurity firms Mandiant and Palo Alto Networks to carry out a comprehensive forensic investigation following the breach in November 2025, reports Yonhap news agency.”This was a crime committed by a former employee against Coupang and against our customers. Whi…
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Seoul, Feb 7 (IANS) Harold Rogers, interim CEO of Coupang, returned early on Saturday after a 14-hour police questioning over allegations he committed perjury while testifying before the South Korean parliament in December.Rogers is accused of lying under oath during a parliamentary hearing from Dec. 30-31 on Coupang’s massive data breach that has affected more than 33 million customers in South Korea, reports Yonhap news agency.He told lawmakers that Coupang conducted its own probe into a Chine…
Seoul, Feb 6 (IANS) The interim chief executive of Coupang, Harold Rogers, was set to undergo police questioning on Friday over perjury allegations related to his testimony to lawmakers last year, marking his second appearance before investigators in a week.Police seek to question Rogers about allegations that he gave false testimony under oath about Coupang’s internal investigation into its massive data breach during a two-day parliamentary hearing on the leak in late December, reports Yonhap n…
Seoul, Feb 2 (IANS) A special counsel team has questioned the top executive of a Coupang Corp. affiliate over allegations of unpaid severance pay for company employees.Chung Jong-chul, CEO of Coupang Fulfillment Services (CFS), a logistics subsidiary of Coupang, appeared at the office of special counsel Ann Gweon-seob in the morning to be grilled as a suspect about the company’s severance pay dispute.Chung and his predecessor, Eom Seong-hwan, are suspected of changing the company’s employment ru…
Seoul, Jan 24 (IANS) Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo said on Saturday he has stressed to US trade officials that Seoul’s investigation into e-commerce giant Coupang over a major data breach should be treated separately from broader trade issues between the two countries.Yeo made the remarks regarding Coupang to reporters at Incheon International Airport after returning to South Korea following his participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, reports Yonhap news agency.Coupang, a U…
Seoul, Jan 14 (IANS) South Korea’s data protection watchdog on Wednesday urged online retailer Coupang to take down its independent probe results into a massive data leak from its mobile application and website, describing them as unverified information.The Personal Information Protection Commission took issue with the company’s notice that claims a former employee breached the personal information of 33 million users but saved data from only about 3,000 accounts, which Coupang claimed was later…
Seoul, Jan 4 (IANS) More than 50,000 customers of KT Corp., South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, have canceled their subscriptions after the telecom company began waiving early termination penalties following a major data breach, industry sources said.According to the sources, 52,661 KT users moved to rival carriers between Wednesday and Saturday. More than 70 percent of them switched to SK Telecom Co, reports Yonhap news agency.On Saturday alone, 21,027 people left KT, including 13,616 …
Seoul, Dec 31 (IANS) The head of South Korea’s data protection regulator said on Wednesday that Coupang should come up with compensation acceptable for victims of its massive data leak amid strong backlash against the online retailer’s offer of vouchers and discounts.Song Kyung-hee, head of the Personal Information Protection Commission, made the call during a parliamentary hearing over the company’s data breach that affected 33.7 million users — around two-thirds of South Korea’s population, r…
Seoul, Dec 29 (IANS) E-commerce giant Coupang announced a compensation plan worth more than 1.68 trillion won ($1.17 billion) on Monday following a massive personal data breach.The compensation plan comes a day after Coupang founder Kim Bom-suk issued his first public apology since the incident, which affected nearly two-thirds of South Korea’s population, reports Yonhap news agency.Under the plan, the U.S.-listed company will provide 50,000 won worth of discounts and coupons to each of 33.7 mil…
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…