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South Korea’s Lee calls for tougher penalties after Coupang data breach

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday the massive customer data leak from e-commerce platform Coupang is a wake-up call for stronger protection of digital privacy and ordered plans to raise fines and penalties for such lapses.

Lee said at a cabinet meeting it was “astonishing” Coupang did not even detect the breach itself for five months from when the incident first started, and those responsible for the leak must be quickly identified and held responsible.
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Source: Reuters | Published: 2025-12-02T01:46:54Z

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