A major data leak exceeding 30 million records occurred at Coupang, the top e-commerce company in South Korea. Coupang has confirmed that about 33.7 million customer accounts were exposed, roughly equal to the accounts of three out of four Korean adults and nearly its entire user base. The photo shows a text message sent on the 30th to affected customers notifying them of the exposure. [Photo: Yonhap]

A major personal data leak exceeding 30 million records occurred at Coupang as police secured internal data and are tracking suspects.

According to Yonhap reporting on the 30th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Cyber Investigation Unit received server logs and other materials from Coupang and began analysing them.

A police official said they are identifying the leak route and the scale of damage.

Coupang customer data is known to have been leaked by a Chinese national who worked at the company. Police plan to track and confirm this as well.

Coupang filed a complaint on the 25th asking police to investigate an unidentified person for violating the Information and Communications Network Act by breaching its network.

Coupang said it learned on the 18th that personal data from about 4,500 accounts had been exposed without authorisation, but later confirmed during further checks that 33.7 million accounts were exposed.

Customer names, email addresses and information entered in delivery address books were leaked, but payment and login information was not included, according to Coupang.

Yonhap

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