Seoul, Dec 30 (IANS) Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon on Tuesday reaffirmed that a recent data leak at Coupang affected 33 million customers in South Korea, voicing concerns over an assessment report released separately by the US-listed e-commerce giant last week.”The joint government–private sector investigation, including the Personal Information Protection Commission and the police, revealed that the names and email addresses of more than 33 million users were leaked,” Bae said during a parl…
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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…