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Coupang hit with record $409 million data breach fine in Korea

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Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2026-06-11

Date Updated: 2026-06-11

Author: Sergiu Gatlan

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The Personal Information Protection Commission fined Coupang a record 624.681 billion won after a data breach that exposed personal information of roughly 37.55 million people; a subsidiary was also fined. Investigators found failures in key management, access controls, data-destruction and notification processes, and identified a suspected former IT employee who removed hard drives and tried to destroy a laptop; Coupang announced compensation plans for affected customers.

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