Coupang confirms that 200,000 accounts affected by recent leak were based in Taiwan
Published: 25 Feb. 2026, 13:55
Updated: 25 Feb. 2026, 17:32
![The Coupang headquarters is seen in southern Seoul on Jan. 29. [YONHAP]](https://koreaseafood.online/data/photo/2026/02/25/2f19493c-2d23-46b4-be3d-2391f3155c60.jpg)
The Coupang headquarters is seen in southern Seoul on Jan. 29. [YONHAP]
The U.S. company Coupang confirmed on Wednesday that about 200,000 of the 33 million accounts exposed in a recent personal data leak belong to users based in Taiwan.
The U.S.-listed parent company owns and operates the Korean e-commerce platform of the same name. The recent leak — which the Korean subsidiary first detected in November of last year — involves the exposure of personal data, including names, phone numbers and delivery addresses, of more than 33 million users.
The parent company identified the number related to Taiwan through a forensic investigation conducted by the cybersecurity firm Mandiant.
It also confirmed that a former employee improperly accessed and extracted user information during the data leak. However, investigators found that the individual saved information from only one account among the 200,000 Taiwan-based accounts, and that the incident did not involve any broader data exposure.
The U.S. company stated that third-party forensic and cybersecurity experts, including Mandiant, found no evidence that highly sensitive information was leaked in any region besides Korea.
This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
BY JEONG JAE-HONG [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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