South Korea’s biggest online retailer Coupang ‘hacked’: Name, email, phone number and other personal data of 33.7 million customers leaked

Coupang, South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform often dubbed the “Amazon.com of South Korea,” has said that its systems were illegally accessed causing a massive data breach and affecting the personal information of 33.7 million customer accounts. The breach was first detected by the company on November 18 but it believes the unauthorised access to customer accounts began on June 24 and was executed through overseas servers.

Coupang says that the compromised information is limited to basic personal data and the highly sensitive financial details remain secure. The exposed data includes name, email address, phone number, shipping address, and certain order histories.