Police investigating Coupang's large-scale personal data leak will question Coupang CEO Harold Rogers.

Harold Rogers, Coupang CEO, answers questions at a joint hearing at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, to examine the Coupang breach and personal data leak, unfair transaction practices, working conditions, and measures to prevent a recurrence./Courtesy of News1

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Coupang task force (TF) on Jan. 8 notified Rogers to appear for questioning as a defendant in a complaint.

Police are investigating the personal data leak at Coupang as well as allegations of covering up industrial accidents.

Rogers is said to be linked to the failure to prevent the deletion of Coupang's access logs. The Ministry of Science and ICT said on Dec. 31 that it confirmed that five months of website access log data had been deleted due to Coupang's negligence. Police were asked to investigate accordingly.

In addition, the National Assembly's Science. ICT. Broadcasting. and Communications Committee decided the same day to file complaints against Rogers and former and current lawmakers for violating the National Assembly testimony and appraisal law. That case is also expected to be assigned to the TF soon for investigation.

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