Police raid Coupang to seize evidence related to major data breach

Police on Tuesday raided the headquarters of e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. to seize evidence related to the company's massive data breach, officials said. The search-and-seizure took place after Coupang disclosed late last month that personal information of 33.7 million customers had been compromised, including their names, phone numbers, email addresses and delivery details. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's cyber investigation team sent officials to the company's headquarters in southern Seoul to search for evidence that could help determine how the breach took place. "Based on the secured digital evidence, (we) plan to comprehensively determine the overall facts of the case, such as the leaker of the personal information as well as the route and cause of the leak," a police official said. Police had previously investigated the case based on data voluntarily submitted by Coupang. Police earlier said they are tracking down the suspect behind the data breach after securing the Internet Protocol address that was used.Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times