Mon, 01 Dec 2025

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 South Korea's Amazon equivalent hit by massive data leak

Authorities are investigating how nearly 34 million accounts on Coupang were exposed.

* Coupang, South Korea's largest online retailer, has apologized for a massive data breach affecting nearly 34 million customer accounts.
* The country's internet authority is investigating the breach and has likely exposed details of millions of accounts.
* Coupang claims to have first detected unauthorized access on November 18th but later checks found that some 33.7 million customer accounts were affected, dating back to June.
* Exposed data includes name, email address, phone number, shipping address, and some order histories, but no credit card information or login credentials were leaked.
* The breach represents over half of South Korea's population, with Coupang having nearly 25 million active users.
* Authorities are assessing the scale of the breach and whether Coupang broke any data protection safety rules.
* Multiple cyber-security breaches have occurred at Coupang in recent years, including one incident that exposed 460,000 customers' data.
* Major South Korean organizations have criticized the breach, calling for strong sanctions on firms responsible for leaks of customer data.
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