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South Korea fines Coupang $408m over biggest data leak in country’s history Data protection watchdog says e-commerce giant failed to implement safety measures and delayed reporting breach.

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(2nd LD) Coupang fined record 624.7 billion won over massive data breach, unauthorized data collection SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's data protection regulator on Thursday f...

Why South Korea imposed its biggest-ever $409 million data breach ... South Korea imposed a record fine of 625 billion won ($409 million) on e-commerce giantCoupangafter authorities found major failures in the company’s handling of customer information, reported Reuters. The penalty follows an investigation into a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 33 million customers and uncovered illegal collection of user data. ThePersonal Information Protection Commission(PIPC), South Korea’s privacy regulator, announced the fine on Thursday. It is the largest penalty ever imposed on a company under the country’s data protection laws, as per Reuters report. The regulator said Coupang failed to put in place adequate security systems to protect customer information. Authorities also found that the company did not detect the breach within the 72-hour period required by law. The fine amounts to about 1.4% of Coupang’s 2025 revenue of 45 trillion won, making it one of the most significant corporate privacy penalties in South Korea’s history, reported Reuters. According to the regulator, the breach did not result from a sophisticated cyberattack. Instead, authorities…

Coupang expresses regret over record fine for data breach, unauthorized data collection SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S.-listed e-commerce giant Coupang on Wednesday exp...

South Korea hits e-commerce giant Coupang with record US$409 million fine for data breach South Korea imposed on Thursday a record US$409 million fine on e-commerce giant Coupang over a leak that exposed the data of more than 30 million customers, provoking ire from US lawmakers. The move caps a months-long probe into the country’s largest online retail platform, which is incorporated in the United States. Allegations of a massive data leak first surfaced in November, becoming an unexpected source of friction between Seoul and Washington. “We have decided to impose a total of 624.68...

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Coupang fined record 624.7 billion won over massive data breach, unauthorized data collection SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's data protection regulator on Thursday f...

Coupang hit with record $409 million data breach fine in Korea The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), South Korea's data protection regulator, has fined e-commerce giant Coupang a record 624.6 billion won (roughly $409 million) following a massive data breach affe… #hackernews #news

South Korea fines Coupang $526.5m in country's largest data ... - AsiaOne SEOUL — South Korea will fine e-commerce giant Coupang 625 billion won (S$526.5 million) over a massive leak of customer information last year and illegal collection of personal information, in the country's largest data breach penalty on a company. The Personal Information Protection Commission said the New York-listed company had leaked personal data of more than 33 million customers and failed to detect the breach within the 72 hours required by the law. The fine amounts to 1.4 per cent of Coupang's revenue of 45 trillion won in 2025, according to Reuters' calculation. "This accident occurred due to Coupang's lack of safety measures and systems, not sophisticated hacking," Song Kyung-hee, the chairperson of the privacy regulator, told a briefing on Thursday (June 11). After the fine was announced, Coupang apologised for having caused concern to the public and its customers. However, the company said that "we regret that our proactive measures to prevent secondary harm from last year's data leak incident, as well as our explanations based on clear facts, were not sufficiently reflected" in the regulat…

South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that ... Posted: South Korean authorities have imposed a record-breaking fine of $624 billion won (over $400 million) on retail giant Coupang after a data breach last year compromised the personal data of more than 34 million customers. Seoul’s Personal Information Protection Commission issued the maximum penalty on Thursday following discovery of the breachin December 2025. The retail giant, which is headquartered in the U.S. but popular in South Korea and likened to the “Amazon of Asia,” had said the months-long data breach allowed a former employee to obtain names, email and shipping addresses, phone numbers, and order histories of about two-thirds of South Korea’s population. Coupang toldBBC Newsthat it plans to challenge the regulator’s decision. The fine represents a rare case of a financial penalty issued against a U.S.-based firm. Korean lawmakershave accusedsome of their American counterparts of imposing political pressure after reports that U.S. representatives were linking the data breach with U.S.-South Korean bilateral ties in response to the case against Coupang’s executives. U.S. companies rarely face fin…

(LEAD) Coupang fined record 624.7 billion won over massive data breach, unauthorized data collection SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's data protection regulator on Thursday f...

South Korea fines Coupang $409 million in country's largest data breach ... Audio By Carbonatix SEOUL, June 11 (Reuters) – South Korea will fine e-commerce giant Coupang 625 billion won ($409.30 million) over a massive leak of customer information last year and illegal collection of personal information, in the country’s largest data breach penalty on a company. The Personal Information Protection Commission said the New York-listed company had leaked personal data of more than 33 million customers and failed to detect the breach within the 72 hours required by the law. The fine amounts to 1.4% of Coupang’s revenue of 45 trillion won in 2025, according to Reuters’ calculation. “This accident occurred due to Coupang’s lack of safety measures and systems, not sophisticated hacking,” Song Kyung-hee, the chairperson of the privacy regulator, told a briefing on Thursday. After the fine was announced, Coupang apologised for having caused concern to the public and its customers. However, the company said that “we regret that our proactive measures to prevent secondary harm from last year’s data leak incident, as well as our explanations based on clear facts, were not sufficiently r…