South Korea police raid Coupang HQ over historic data breach
President Lee calls failure ‘astonishing’ as lawmakers grill CEO for hours, exposing cybersecurity gaps that left 30 million citizens vulnerable to fraud.
A delivery truck of South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang is driven along a road in Seoul on December 9, 2025. South Korean police raided the company’s headquarters the same day over a historic data leak believed to have compromised the personal data of nearly two-thirds of the population. Image: Getty Images
A delivery truck of South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang is driven along a road in Seoul on December 9, 2025. South Korean police raided the company’s headquarters the same day over a historic data leak believed to have compromised the personal data of nearly two-thirds of the population. Image: Getty Images