South Korea fines Coupang record $400M+ for data breach affecting 34 million customers
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Zack Whittaker
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South Korean authorities fined Coupang a record $624 billion won (over $400 million) for a data breach in 2025 that compromised the personal data of more than 34 million customers. The breach, discovered in December 2025, involved a former employee accessing names, email addresses, shipping addresses, and phone numbers over several months. The Personal Information Protection Commission issued the maximum penalty, marking one of the largest data privacy fines in Asia.
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bskySouth Korea fines Coupang record $400M+ for data breach affecting 34 million customerstechcrunch.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledSouth Korean authorities have imposed a record-breaking fine of $624 billion won (over $400 million) on retail giant Coupang
Seoul's Personal Information Protection Commission issued the maximum penalty on Thursday following discovery of the breach in December 2025
the months-long data breach allowed a former employee to obtain names, email and shipping addresses, phone num
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