Coupang fined record W624.7b over massive data breach, unauthorized data collection

South Korea's data protection regulator on Thursday fined e-commerce platform Coupang a combined 624.7 billion won ($410 million) over a massive data breach and collection of online user activities without permission.

The Personal Information Protection Commission levied a fine of 423.58 billion won for the data breach that affected more than 37 million users, marking the largest-ever penalty imposed for a single data leak.

It also fined Coupang 201.16 billion won for the unauthorized collection ...