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TOP SOUTH KOREAN E-COMMERCE FIRM COUPANG APOLOGISES OVER MASSIVE DATA BREACH

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South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang disclosed unauthorized access that affected 33.7 million customer accounts beginning June 24 through overseas servers, exposing names, email addresses, phone numbers, shipping addresses, and order histories. Authorities are investigating a suspected Chinese former employee. The government is examining potential personal information protection violations. This is the country's worst data breach in over a decade.