South Korea fined Coupang over a data breach affecting nearly 34 million accounts.
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South Korean authorities issued the record-breaking fine following a data breach that affected over 30 million customers.

<body><p>STORY: South Korea will fine e-commerce giant Coupang just over $409 million.</p><p>It's over a massive leak of customer information last year.</p><p>It marks the country's largest data breach penalty on a company.</p><p>The Personal Information Protection Commission said Coupang had leaked personal data of more than 33 million customers.</p><p>And the firm failed to detect the breach within the 72 hours required by the law.</p><p>The privacy regulator further said the breach happened due to Coupang's - quote - ''lack of safety measures and systems, not sophisticated hacking".</p><p>Separately, the regulator found the company illegally collected information of around 11 million customers without their agreement.</p><p>The Seattle-based firm generates most of its revenue in South Korea.</p><p>Offering fast delivery of groceries, food and other goods.</p><p>The fine amounts to 1.4% of Coupang's revenue in 2025, according to Reuters' calculation.</p><p>Coupang apologized for having caused concern to the public and its customers.</p></body>
Coupang's (CPNG) South Korean entity was hit with a record 624.7 billion won ($409 million) fine for
The fine for the personal-data breach at the e-commerce company is the largest ever imposed on a single company in South Korea.
South Korea has slapped a record fine on Coupang, the country’s largest online retailer, over a data breach that hit most of its population,...
South Korea hit e-commerce giant Coupang with a record $408 million fine Thursday over a leak that allegedly exposed more than 30 million customers' data and has provoked the ire of US lawmakers.It is by far the largest ever penalty for a data leak in South Korea -- far exceeding the previous record of a $88 million fine imposed last year on mobile carrier SK Telecom.
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. "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.
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