Group 1 - Park Dae-jun has resigned as CEO of Coupang following a significant data breach that exposed personal information of over half of South Korea's population [1] - The data breach affected approximately 34 million individuals, with the incident reportedly starting in June and not being detected until November [2] - Coupang initially reported that over 4,500 customers had their data stolen, but later revised this figure significantly upward [2] Group 2 - The Coupang hack is part of a broader trend of security incidents impacting major corporations and the South Korean government this year, including a data center fire that resulted in a substantial loss of government data [3] - Harold Rogers, the top lawyer at Coupang's U.S.-based parent company, has been appointed as the new CEO following Park's resignation [1]
CEO of South Korean retail giant Coupang resigns after massive data breach