Coupang denies blackmail allegations over customer data

E-commerce giant Coupang denied parliamentary allegations that a suspect tied to its data breach sought to extort the company by threatening to expose private data relating to thousands of customers. In a statement Thursday, Coupang said the claim, that the suspect behind the data breach compiled a list of about 3,000 customers who had purchased adult products in an attempt to blackmail the company for money, was baseless. “Neither the findings of the recent joint public-private investigation no