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Special Counsel Raids Coupang Subsidiary for Second Day over Severance Pay Allegations
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (152+ words) [Domestic] : A special counsel team has conducted a second day of raids on a logistics subsidiary of e'commerce giant Coupang over allegations of unpaid severance pay for employees. According to legal sources on Wednesday, the team led by independent counsel…...
Coupang Card Transactions Fall 4% After Data Breach Disclosure
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (100+ words) [Economy] : Credit card transactions on e'commerce giant Coupang declined by about four percent in the wake of a massive data breach at the company. Data compiled from six major card companies and released Tuesday by People Power Party Rep. Cho…...
Government Launches Interagency Task Force over Coupang Data Breach
18+ hour, 5+ min ago (97+ words) [Economy] : The government has launched an interagency task force to investigate Coupang's massive personal data leak, vowing strict action if any violations of the law are uncovered. The task force held its first meeting Tuesday at the government complex in…...
Shinhan Card: Information on Merchants Affiliated with Firm Leaked
20+ hour, 55+ min ago (95+ words) [Economy] : Shinhan Card says it has alerted the Personal Information Protection Commission(PIPC) after it determined that some 190-thousand pieces of information on merchants affiliated with the firm was leaked. The nation's number one credit card company said Tuesday that…...
Special Counsel Raids Coupang Subsidiary over Severance Pay Allegations
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (143+ words) [Domestic] : A special counsel team has raided a logistics subsidiary of e'commerce giant Coupang over allegations of unpaid severance pay for employees. According to legal sources on Tuesday, the team led by independent counsel Ahn Gweon'seob sent prosecutors and investigators…...
Ruling Party Pushes for Joint Hearing on Coupang Data Breach Next Week
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (106+ words) [Politics] : The ruling Democratic Party(DP) is pushing to hold a joint hearing on the massive Coupang data breach at the National Assembly next week. Huh Young, the DP's senior deputy floor leader in charge of policy affairs, said Monday…...
Tax Agency Launches Probe of Coupang Subsidiary in Charge of Logistics
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (147+ words) [Politics] : The National Tax Service(NTS) has launched an investigation targeting Coupang Fulfillment Services, a subsidiary of Coupang that manages the e-commerce giant's logistics network. The NTS Seoul Regional Office sent some 150 investigators to the head office of the wholly…...
North Korea-backed Hacking Group APT37 Behind Latest HWP-based Attacks
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (146+ words) [Domestic] : A North Korea-linked hacker group has apparently launched a new malware campaign that infects computers using highly deceptive emails that tricks targets into opening infected Hangul Word Processor(HWP) documents to steal data. The Genians Security Center(GSC), a…...
SKT Ordered to Offer Fee Discounts, Membership Points over Data Breach
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (96+ words) [Domestic] : SK Telecom, the country's largest mobile carrier, has been ordered to compensate consumers affected by an April data'breach incident, including a 50-thousand'won telecom fee discount and 50-thousand membership points per applicant. The Consumer Dispute Mediation Committee said Sunday it…...
Coupang Faces US Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach
3+ day, 20+ min ago (97+ words) [International] : A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States against Coupang, South Korea's largest e'commerce company, following a major personal data breach. According to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Saturday, shareholder Joseph…...