The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of South Korean tech giant Coupang has announced his resignation. The reason is a data leak in which the data of 33.7 million customers was compromised. As a result, class action lawsuits were filed.
Park Dae-jun, who joined the company in 2012 and took over in May 2025, said in a press release: “I am deeply sorry for disappointing the public with the recent personal information incident. I feel great responsibility for the incident and the subsequent recovery process and have decided to resign from all positions.”
Coupang confirmed the news in a press release. The U.S. parent company has named Harold Rogers, its chief administrative officer and general counsel, as interim CEO for the Korean business. Rogers now wants to focus on “easing customer concerns, resolving the data leak issue internally and externally, and stabilizing the company.”
The trading group Coupang, which took over the British luxury platform Farfetch last year, has been criticized since the data leak was discovered and confirmed at the beginning of November. However, reports suggest it may have existed since June.
The e-commerce company said that nearly 34 million customers’ account information was potentially compromised in the incident. This includes email addresses, telephone numbers and delivery addresses. Credit card information or login details are not affected.
As a result of the leadership change, Coupang’s U.S. parent company will take a more active role in managing the incident. These efforts are aimed, in part, at resolving the legal issues that arose from the data leak. This also includes the planned class action lawsuit by Korean customers in a US federal court.
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