Coupang swings to Q2 loss on data breach fines
- Source
- The Korea Herald - Business
- Source link
- https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10831154
- Published
- 2026-08-05 09:04:41
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-05 01:54:05
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- South Korea
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
E-commerce giant Coupang Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a net loss in the second quarter from a year earlier due to fines related to a massive data breach. In the three months that ended in June, the US-listed company shifted to a net loss of 865 billion won ($570 million) from a net profit of 43.5 billion won in the same period last year, it said in a press release. Coupang, which generates most of its revenue from its Korean operations, has faced strong public backlash following the disclosur
Procurement Relevance Gate
- cyber_infrastructure_disruption (weight 8) — matched on "data breach"
- geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"
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