Overview
- Seoul police searched Coupang’s Songpa headquarters for a second straight day, seizing records in a widening criminal probe of the leak.
- Investigators have reportedly secured the intrusion IP and a warrant names a former employee, identified as a Chinese national, as a suspect in the case.
- CEO Park Dae-jun stepped down taking responsibility for the incident, with U.S. parent company executive Harold Rogers appointed interim chief.
- Coupang says the intrusion began via overseas servers on June 24 and was detected last month before being disclosed publicly on Nov. 29.
- The government demanded accountability and compensation plans as class-action litigation advances, including a suit filed in the United States.