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Coupang Under Fire After Major Data Breach Scandal

12/28/2025

Summary

Story summary

Coupang faced scrutiny after a data breach affected about 3,000 customers.
The company says a former employee accessed data from 33 million accounts and deleted it.
Coupang has cooperated with investigations and provided a timeline since early December.
The Ministry of Science and ICT criticized Coupang for prematurely disclosing details of the ongoing investigation.
Legal actions for potential corporate negligence are being considered as Coupang's stock rose.

History

Historical Context

In 2013, Target Corporation suffered a significant data breach, compromising approximately 40 million credit and debit card accounts due to malware infiltrating its point-of-sale systems. This incident, alongside the 2017 Equifax breach affecting 145.5 million consumers, highlighted vulnerabilities in corporate data security and prompted calls for stricter regulations to protect consumer information in the tech industry.

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Story summary

Coupang faced scrutiny after a data breach affected about 3,000 customers.
The company says a former employee accessed data from 33 million accounts and deleted it.
Coupang has cooperated with investigations and provided a timeline since early December.
The Ministry of Science and ICT criticized Coupang for prematurely disclosing details of the ongoing investigation.
Legal actions for potential corporate negligence are being considered as Coupang's stock rose.

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