Coupang’s Costly Christmas: $1.17 Billion Payout After Data Breach Drama Unveiled
Coupang claims a former employee accessed data on 33 million customers but deleted it after a media splash. The accused made a splash too, tossing a brick-laden MacBook into a river. Coupang is now issuing $35 vouchers to affected customers, totaling $1.17 billion, proving that data breaches can really cost you a splash!
Hot Take:
Oh, Coupang! It seems like Santa brought you the gift of a data scandal this Christmas! If only your former employee had channeled his inner MacGyver with a little better destruction technique, maybe we wouldn’t be here. But hey, at least now we know that salt water might be the new ‘delete’ button. Perhaps next time, he’ll consider taking a crash course in ‘How to Not Get Caught 101’ before going all Heisenberg on his MacBook Air!
Key Points:
- Coupang’s former employee allegedly accessed data of 33 million customers.
- He kept data on roughly 3,000 accounts and later destroyed his MacBook Air.
- Coupang worked with multiple forensic experts to investigate the breach.
- The accused attempted to destroy evidence by tossing his laptop in a river.
- Coupang offers $1.17 billion in compensation to affected customers.