https://fortune.com/2025/12/10/coupang-ceo-resigns-south-korea-data-breach/
Wow
Coupang CEO resigns over historic South Korean data breach
Chinese state-backed chipmaker Hygon, which makes server CPUs, calls off merger with its top shareholder and server maker Sugon; the merger was announced in May (Wataru Suzuki/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/c…
From the sounds of it, the Chinese national who stole the Coupang data was working on the cybersecurity team, specifically on a key management security system.
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/n
Coupang CEO Park Dae-jun resigns after the company incurred South Korea's largest-ever data breach, in which the personal data of 30M people was compromised (Mark Anderson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
The Coupang breach is really something in Korea. It's an all-consuming crisis.
A former Coupang engineer, who was aware of flaws in the authentication process, broke into the system in April, a breach that lasted until November.
https://www…
South Korea's Science Ministry blames Coupang's massive 2025 data leak on management failures and accuses it of defying a government order to preserve data logs (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/bo…
Not only was Coupang's CEO forced to step down today but police raided the company's headquarters for a second time too.
Police raid Coupang headquarters for 2nd day over massive data breach
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20251210004400315
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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20251209/police-raid-coupang-over-massive-data-breach
This is what happens when you do bad cybersecurity.
Police reportedly seek to check for possible lapses in Coupang'…