Coupang Executives Grilled by Korean Lawmakers Over Data Breach
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Breach At South Korea's Equivalent of Amazon Exposed Data of Almost Every Adult
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: The alleged perpetrator had improper access to virtually every South Korean adult's personal information: names, phone numbers and even the keycode to enter residential buildings. It was one of the biggest data breaches of recent years and it has sent the company it targeted -- Coupang, South Korea's equivalent of Amazon -- reeling, generating lawsuits, government investigation an…
"I don't know Korean... I say hello to my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and hello." Not only Kim Beom-seok, but also the CEO at the time of the accident, Park Dae-jun, sent two foreigners who said, "I don't know Korean." Coupang, which caused a large-scale personal information leak, said at a National Assembly hearing that they don't know how to speak Korean.
[Digital Daily Reporter Yoo Chae-ri] The National Assembly's Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee (SCI) plans to summon Kim Myung-kyu, CEO of Coupang Eats Service, as an additional witness in connection with the Coupang personal information leak incident. According to political and industry sources on the 15th, the SCI will hold its second plenary session on the 16th to vote on additional requests for witness appearances for a…
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