Data breach of 33.7 million accounts in South Korea

Coupang, the South Korean e-commerce giant, said that personal data from 33.7 million of its customers’ accounts was hacked, following unauthorized access to its systems.

The company said in a statement: “Subsequent investigations revealed that the size of the breach affected approximately 33.7 million customer accounts, all in Korea,” adding that it learned of the data breach on November 18 and notified the authorities.

In turn, Yonhap News Agency said yesterday, without citing sources, that a former Chinese employee at Coupang was suspected of being behind the hack, but he left the country. The company stated that the customer data that was hacked was limited to the name, email, phone number, and shipping address, but it did not include payment or login data.