Police investigating Coupang's large-scale personal data leak are conducting a third day of searches and seizures.
The dedicated investigative team for the Coupang personal data leak under the cyber investigation division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency began executing a search and seizure warrant at Coupang's headquarters in Songpa-gu, Seoul, at about 9:40 a.m. on the 11th. Police also conducted searches and seizures at Coupang's headquarters for 10 hours each on the 9th and the previous day.
The main reason police are carrying out searches and seizures for three consecutive days is the large volume of leaked information and the long duration. Police are broadly examining the route and cause of the leak of information from 33.7 million Coupang customer accounts.
The search and seizure warrant named a former Chinese employee of Coupang as a suspect. The person, who handled authentication work at Coupang, is suspected of intrusion into an information and communications network and leaking secrets. The person is known to have left the country.
Police secured the internet protocol (IP) used in the personal data leak to track the suspect, and are also expected to request a red notice through the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) or seek extradition.