Coupang recovers smashed laptop that alleged data leaker threw into river

Coupang disclosed an insider data breach affecting 33.7 million customer accounts after a former employee accessed user data; company forensics teams (including Mandiant, Palo Alto Networks and Ernst & Young) recovered devices—one laptop was found smashed and submerged in a river—and report that only ~3,000 accounts' data were retained and later deleted. The company is cooperating with government investigators, faces legal and regulatory scrutiny, and has proposed a voucher compensation scheme while investigations continue into whether data was disclosed or sold.