Coupang data breach reignites Korea’s push for tougher platform rules

The data breach of over 33 million Coupang users has reignited Korea’s push for enacting new legislation to restrain monopolistic online platforms, a move with which the United States has expressed discontent. According to media reports on Wednesday, the National Policy Committee is weighing options to restart the enactment process of the tentatively named Fair Online Platform Intermediary Transactions Act in the wake of Coupang’s data breach that sparked public outrage. The backlash intensified