Overview
- Authorities’ investigative team identified the additional 165,000 affected accounts as part of the November incident that reached roughly 33.7 million users, not a new breach.
- Affected customers have been notified and will receive 50,000-won vouchers, and Coupang reports no compromise of payment or login credentials after upgrading monitoring systems.
- Police, regulators and lawmakers continue probes, with interim CEO Harold Rogers scheduled for additional police questioning over alleged perjury tied to December hearings.
- South Korea’s national security adviser says the fallout is weighing on relations with the United States, with tensions also tied to tariff disputes and digital platform regulation.
- A new class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York targets Coupang and founder Bom Kim for punitive damages, and the firm representing plaintiffs says more than 7,000 people have contacted it.