Investigators raid Coupanq HQ following data breach affecting 34 million

Date:
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:10:00 +0000

Description:
The police want to better understand the case and some documents were
allegedly confiscated.

FULL STORY

The police have raided the offices of South Koreas biggest ecommerce store, Coupang, as it investigates one of the largest data breaches in the countrys recent history.

In the final days of November, Coupang confirmed suffering a cyberattack and losing personally identifiable information (PII) of 34 million customers. As per the companys CEO, the attack started in June 2025, and it wasnt spotted
for almost half a year.

During that time, the attacker exfiltrated peoples names, emails, phone numbers, shipping addresses, and specific order information, putting them at serious risk of identity theft and fraud.

Initial reports state that the data theft was carried out by a former
employee at Coupang, also a Chinese national. Allegedly, the employees
account wasn't terminated even after they left the company, and this access
was later used for data exfiltration.

Now, the police are involved, sending 17 investigators to conduct a search
and seizure at the companys Songpa-gu offices. As per the local media, this search and seizure is an essential measure to accurately understand the case, and to comprehensively investigate the overall facts of the case, including
the leaker of personal information, the route of the leak, and the cause.

Local media is also saying that some evidence was confiscated including internal documents and server logs.

Coupang will do its best to prevent further damage in close cooperation with the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Personal Information Protection Commission, the Korea Internet & Security Agency, the National Police Agency, and other public-private joint investigation teams, Coupang CEO Park Dae-joon said in a letter published after the breach.

Coupang is the biggest ecommerce store in the country, often nicknamed Amazon of South Korea. Alongside this investigation, Reuters reports that more than 10,000 people have already expressed interest in joining a class-action
lawsuit against the retailer, which could see them paid $68 per person for their loss.

Via Cybernews

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