Coupang Executives Grilled by Korean Lawmakers Over Data Breach
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Irate lawmakers grilled executives from Coupang over South Korea’s biggest-ever data breach at a testy hearing that underscored rising public anger with the country’s dominant online retailer.The company’s billionaire founder Bom Kim did not attend the special session on Wednesday to answer questions about the breach, which compromised more than 30 million users’ personal information, including names, phone numbers and delivery details. The former head of Coupang’s Korean operations, Park Dae-jun, also failed to appear after resigning last week. Harold Rogers, Coupang Inc.’s chief administrative officer and newly appointed interim head of the Korean unit, attended the hearing alongside a range of lower-ranking Korean executives.