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Coupang's massive data breach sparks pan-government scrutiny in South Korea

( December 23, 2025, 07:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Coupang’s massive personal data breach has prompted South Korea’s government to launch an interagency task force to investigate the cause and assign responsibility while addressing broader concerns raised about the company’s operations. The task force brings together the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the Personal Information Protection Commission, the Korea Media and Communications Commission, the Financial Services Commission, the Korea Fair Trade Commission, the National Intelligence Service and the National Police Agency. The government said the group will center its work on the breach probe and user protection, while also weighing reforms to information-security and personal-information protection certification regimes and measures to strengthen corporate responsibility.The statement, in Korean, is attached....

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