Probe Finds Coupang Data Leak Far Worse than Originally Believed
It looks like the Coupang data breach issue is far worse than originally suspected:
Choi Woo-hyuk, director general of the science ministry’s cybersecurity bureau, speaks during a press conference in Seoul on Feb. 10, 2026. (Yonhap)
A joint public-private probe into a major data breach case at the South Korean unit of U.S.-listed e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. has confirmed that over 33.6 million accounts have been exposed, the science ministry said Tuesday, suggesting the company may have sought to play down the incident by initially claiming only some 3,000 had been compromised.
The South Korean unit, Coupang Corp., also failed to promptly report the incident despite related regulations, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT.
“The science ministry concluded the incident as being a major breach case leading to a massive leak of information involving the country’s top online commerce platform,” Choi Woo-hyuk, director general of the ministry’s cybersecurity bureau, said during a press briefing.
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