Breach At South Korea’s Equivalent of Amazon Exposed Data of Almost Every Adult

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: The alleged perpetrator had improper access to virtually every South Korean adult’s personal information: names, phone numbers and even the keycode to enter residential buildings. It was one of the biggest data breaches of recent years and it has sent the company it targeted — Coupang, South Korea’s equivalent of Amazon — reeling, generating lawsuits, government investigation and calls to toughen penalties…