Coupang apologizes over info leak affecting 33.7 mil. customers

Coupang offered a public apology over a massive customer data leak, Sunday, pledging efforts to prevent further damage. The apology came after it was made public that the number of affected people has reached 33.7 million — presumably all Coupang members — and the cyber intrusion allegedly began five months ago. Unlike other data leak cases committed by outside cyber criminals, it is suspected that the incident at the nation’s largest e-commerce platform operator was committed by a former employee who is a Chinese national, highlighting the company’s lax internal management. The company and the government on Sunday confirmed the data of some 33.7 million customers had been leaked, making it one of the largest privacy breaches in decades. That figure was a sharp jump from 4,500, its initial estimate of affected customers announced on Nov. 18. The number of victims could be the same as Coupang’s total number of customers with memberships. The company has not disclosed those numbers, but when it released its third-quarter business performance earlier this month, it said its latestWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times