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Confidence MediumNov 30, 2025coupang.com

Coupang Data Breach Exposes 33.7 Million Customer Accounts

PatternExternal actor · Hacking · Confidentiality impact

South Korea's largest e-commerce platform, Coupang, disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information of approximately 33.7 million user accounts. The breach, attributed to a former employee who exploited unrevoked authentication keys, involved names, email and postal addresses, phone numbers, and order histories. No financial information or passwords were compromised. The incident led to a record fine from the Korean Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) and an investigation by South Korean authorities. Coupang initially released a statement on November 29, 2025, confirming unauthorized exposure of approximately 4,500 accounts, with a broader admission of 33.7 million accounts on November 30, 2025.

Signal date
Nov 30, 2025
Updated
Jun 25, 2026
Confidence
Medium
Sources
1 source
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Coupang

Sector
Information
Signals
1 linked

Signal context

First seen: Nov 30, 2025

Last updated: Jun 25, 2026

Status: Public signal

Key points

  • Initial disclosure on November 29, 2025, with a broader admission on November 30, 2025.
  • Approximately 33.7 million customer accounts affected.
  • Exposed data includes names, email addresses, postal addresses, phone numbers, and order histories.

Signal analysis

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Affected organization
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Coupang

Sector: Information

Likely country: Location not provided

Estimated
Threat source
Hacking activity

The feed marks multiple actor roles. Treat this as a review signal rather than a final attribution.

  • Source type: outside the affected organization
  • Source type: possible insider or internal misuse
Business impact
Potential data exposure

Impact area: Confidentiality

Likely asset: User or customer data

Trend context
69 signals with similar action pattern
  • 26 signals in the same sector
  • 90 signals with the same likely impact area
  • 1 signal linked to this organization/domain
Mentioned entities
CoupangData DisclosureCoupangKorean Personal Information Protection CommissionPIPCSouth KoreanInitialApproximatelyExposed

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