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Coupang breach suspect identified amid foreign hiring scrutiny and lawsuit surge
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New details emerge in the Coupang data breach saga: a former Chinese developer is the prime suspect, raising alarms over foreign worker vetting. A U.S. class-action suit gains over 2,300 applicants, while President Lee Jae Myung pushes for harsher data leak penalties.
Following the December 18 announcement, South Korea's interagency task force investigating the Coupang data breach held its inaugural meeting on December 23 to probe the incident affecting 33.7 million users and discuss enhanced user protections.