Games & Commerce

Coupang data leak probe stalls amid suspicion of ex-Chinese employee

A Coupang data leak involving about 33.7 million accounts is gaining traction as a suspected internal breach by a former Chinese national employee. Police have begun an investigation but face obstacles as the person has reportedly left South Korea. Coupang says no external intrusion was detected and that the breach began in June. The government has launched a joint probe, and regulators are reviewing possible violations of personal data protection rules.

Games & Commerce

Supreme Court says Naver video search penalty must be fully cancelled

The Supreme Court ruled that fines and corrective orders imposed on Naver for allegedly distorting video search results should be cancelled. It overturned a lower court’s view that giving extra weight to NaverTV videos was an unfair customer inducement. The court said Naver could design search algorithms based on its own business strategy and that assigning extra weight to certain videos did not constitute deception or meet the threshold for unfair inducement. It returned the case to the Seoul High Court.