Coupang founder Kim Bom apologises for data leak, pledges compensation

Online retailer Coupang‘s chairman and founder ⁠Kim Bom said he “sincerely apologises” for a recent leak of customer data and pledged to unveil a compensation plan as ‌soon as ‌possible, in a statement posted on the South Korean company’s website.

Coupang’s ‌US-based chairman, who issued his statement in Korean, has faced intense criticism in South Korea for failing to attend parliamentary hearings in Seoul on one of the country’s worst data breaches.

Kim said the company, ​cooperating with the government, has restored all leaked ‌personal…