[Exclusive] Police begin full-fledged investigation into the cases of former CEO Park Dae-jun and other defendants in the ‘Coupang incident’

Songpa Police Station conducts investigation into complainant... Afterwards, it was transferred to the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

The police have begun a full-fledged investigation into a case filed against former CEO Park Dae-jun and Coupang Corporation in connection with Coupang's large-scale customer information leak.

According to News 1 coverage on the 17th, on the 11th, Songpa Police Station in Seoul summoned Jang Ji-woon, a lawyer from Daeryun Law Firm, to investigate, representing Mr. A, who sued Coupang Co., Ltd., former CEO Park, and Coupang's certification agent and certification manager on charges of violation of the Personal Information Protection Act and breach of trust in business.

It was discovered that on the same day, the police confirmed with Attorney Jang the charges of personal information leakage and breach of trust as stated in the complaint in relation to Coupang's customer information leakage incident.

Previously, Daeryun stated in the complaint, "As the person in charge and manager of personal information processing, they neglected their duty to take safety measures to prevent information leakage," and added, "The person in charge leaked personal information without returning the authentication key even after leaving the company."

It was also stated that "the managers also did not take any action whatsoever, such as not collecting the authentication key of the employee who left the company or replacing the existing authentication key."

Meanwhile, Songpa Police Station transferred the case to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency after investigating the complainant.

Currently, this case is being investigated by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Cyber ​​Investigation Unit.

Reporter Han Su-hyeon (shan@news1.kr), Reporter Kwon Jin-young (realkwon@news1.kr)

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