Police Conduct Search and Seizure at Coupang for Third Consecutive Day Over Personal Information Leak

Police are conducting a search and seizure at Coupang for the third consecutive day following the personal information leak incident.

Police have launched a compulsory investigation into Coupang following the leak of personal information of 33.7 million customers. On the 9th, police officers who completed a search and seizure at Coupang headquarters in Songpa-gu, Seoul, were seen carrying boxes as they moved. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

The Cyber Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced that they resumed the search and seizure of Coupang's headquarters office in Songpa-gu, Seoul, at around 9:40 a.m. on December 11.

Since beginning the search and seizure on December 9, the police have carried out the operation for about 10 hours each day over two days.

Coupang initially announced on November 20 that approximately 4,500 customers' personal information had been leaked, but further investigation revealed that the number of compromised accounts reached 33.7 million.