Coupang Suffers Data Breach of 200,000 Customer Accounts in Taiwan…Compensation Coupons to Be Issued – 아시아경제
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by Kim Heungsoon
Pubilshed 25 Feb.2026 11:11(KST)
Updated 26 Feb.2026 08:58(KST)
A personal data breach has also occurred in Taiwan, one of Coupang’s key markets.
Coupang Inc., the parent company of Coupang, released an explanatory statement on the 25th, saying, “Of the 33 million accounts whose personal information was leaked, about 200,000 have been confirmed to be accounts based in Taiwan.” When it was revealed in November last year that a former Coupang employee of Chinese nationality had leaked approximately 33 million records of Korean Coupang member information, Coupang Inc. determined that some information of Taiwanese members had also been compromised at that time.
The leaked information included names, email addresses, phone numbers, delivery addresses, and some order histories. The company explained that there was no access to sensitive information such as financial or payment data, login account credentials, or government-issued IDs.
Coupang Inc. added, “This new fact was confirmed through the forensic investigation conducted by Mandiant, a global cybersecurity specialist firm,” and stated, “The former employee stored data from only one of the leaked Taiwanese member accounts.” The account information was later deleted, and there is currently no evidence that it was transferred to any third party.
Coupang Inc.’s Taiwanese subsidiary plans to provide coupons worth 1,000 New Taiwan dollars (about 46,000 won) per affected member as compensation for the data breach, as is being done in Korea.
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by Kim Heungsoon
Pubilshed 25 Feb.2026 11:11(KST)
Updated 26 Feb.2026 08:58(KST)
A personal data breach has also occurred in Taiwan, one of Coupang’s key markets.
Coupang Inc., the parent company of Coupang, released an explanatory statement on the 25th, saying, “Of the 33 million accounts whose personal information was leaked, about 200,000 have been confirmed to be accounts based in Taiwan.” When it was revealed in November last year that a former Coupang employee of Chinese nationality had leaked approximately 33 million records of Korean Coupang member information, Coupang Inc. determined that some information of Taiwanese members had also been compromised at that time.
The leaked information included names, email addresses, phone numbers, delivery addresses, and some order histories. The company explained that there was no access to sensitive information such as financial or payment data, login account credentials, or government-issued IDs.
Coupang Inc. added, “This new fact was confirmed through the forensic investigation conducted by Mandiant, a global cybersecurity specialist firm,” and stated, “The former employee stored data from only one of the leaked Taiwanese member accounts.” The account information was later deleted, and there is currently no evidence that it was transferred to any third party.
Coupang Inc.’s Taiwanese subsidiary plans to provide coupons worth 1,000 New Taiwan dollars (about 46,000 won) per affected member as compensation for the data breach, as is being done in Korea.
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