Overview
- Seoul police are conducting a forensic review of a laptop Coupang retrieved and turned over, checking whether it was used in the breach and if any tampering occurred.
- Coupang says a former employee accessed data tied to roughly 33.7 million accounts using a stolen security key but saved information from about 3,000 accounts and shared it with no third parties.
- The government and the joint investigation team called the company’s statement a unilateral claim pending verification, and investigators are scrutinizing the firm’s handling of evidence.
- Rejecting 'self‑investigation' accusations, Coupang published a timeline saying it acted under government guidance and recovered devices, including a laptop it says was retrieved from a river near its office.
- A presidential emergency meeting and a pan‑agency task force are pushing parallel probes, including tax and special‑prosecutor raids, as U.S. political figures criticize Korea’s scrutiny and the USTR canceled a meeting that Seoul described as a postponement.