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South Korea blames Coupang data breach on management failure, not sophisticated attack
Investigators found poor credential management and delayed reporting led to exposure of 33.7 million user records, with no evidence of sophisticated external hacking.
- On Feb. 10, 2026 the Ministry of Science and ICT announced a joint probe found 33.67 million user records were leaked from Coupang, after analyzing web access logs.
- A former Coupang developer stole a signing key and used forged digital passes to bypass the authentication system, exploiting credential flaws between April and November 2025.
- About 148 million views were recorded on the delivery section at Coupang's website, while the order history page saw about 100,000 accesses and the delivery-editing page recorded around 50,000 views with main-door passcodes.
- Because the company filed its report nearly two days late, the Ministry of Science and ICT said it will impose a fine and pursue a formal investigation, with inspections from June to July.
- Coupang's initial claim of around 3,000 affected accounts was later expanded, and police launched a criminal probe into the former Coupang developer after investigators found a system capable of sending data to overseas cloud servers, though actual transmission remains unclear.
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