secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Coupang, Inc. (CPNG)
CIK:        0001834584
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2025-12-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001834584-25-000202
Event type: cyber
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 1.05, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Coupang confirms 33M accounts accessed in cyber breach; to issue $1.2B in customer vouchers
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- Perpetrator accessed 33M accounts using stolen security key; only retained data from ~3,000 accounts (name, email, address, phone, 2,609 building codes). No payment or login data.
- All user data deleted and never shared with third parties; perpetrator identified, cooperating, devices recovered from river.
- Coupang to issue ~1.685 trillion won ($1.2B) in purchase vouchers starting Jan 15, 2026, to all 33.7M notified customers.
- Vouchers total 50,000 won per customer; reduce revenue recognized per transaction; forensic firms Mandiant, Palo Alto Networks, EY involved.
- Government coordinated investigation; Coupang cooperated fully and submitted all devices to authorities.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834584/000183458425000202/0001834584-25-000202-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834584/000183458425000202/cpng-20251215.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834584-25-000202

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