Coupang Data Breach Probe and Police Raid
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang disclosed a significant data breach affecting approximately 33.7 million customers.
Key points
- Data breach affected approximately 33.7 million customers.
- Exposed data included names, email addresses, phone numbers, and shipping addresses.
- Seoul Police raided Coupang Headquarters on December 8, 2025, as part of the data breach probe.
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Organization
- Published
- Dec 8, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- Confidence
- Medium
- Evidence
- 2 sources
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- Impact area
- Confidentiality
- Likely asset
- User or customer data
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South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang disclosed a significant data breach affecting approximately 33.7 million customers. On December 8, 2025, Seoul Police reportedly raided Coupang Headquarters as part of a probe into the data breach. Exposed data included names, email addresses, phone numbers, and shipping addresses.
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Coupang Data Breach: Authentication Failures Expose Customer Data in South Korea
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang experienced a significant data breach between April and November 2026, with an additional access attempt in January. South Korea's Deputy Minister for Cybersecurity and Network Policy publicly attributed the incident to management failures and authentication vulnerabilities during a press conference on July 24, 2026. The attacker exploited user authentication vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access to accounts without proper login credentials, leading to a large-scale unauthorized information leak. South Korean authorities emphasized that the breach was not the result of highly sophisticated intrusion techniques, but rather stemmed from fundamental security weaknesses in authentication mechanisms and inadequate security management practices. The breach resulted in large-scale unauthorized access to customer information. The unauthorized access has since been terminated. This incident has also led to a record fine of $422 million by South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) and ongoing diplomatic discussions between South Korea and the U.S. due to Coupang being an American-owned company operating in South Korea.
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