On June 12, Coupang declined 5.45% in regular trading, trading at $16.35/share, with turnover of $54.57 million. The continued selloff reflects the ongoing fallout from the record-setting data breach penalty imposed by South Korean regulators.
Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission levied a 624.7 billion won (approximately $409 million) fine on Coupang for a massive breach affecting approximately 34 million user accounts and non-consensual data collection. The regulator attributed the incident to inadequate internal controls that allowed a former employee to access customer data undetected for months. Coupang previously warned that customer compensation measures, including data breach vouchers, would slow revenue growth this year, with Q1 already recording a $242 million operating loss.
Within the Broadline Retail sector, the overall segment traded lower. Among individual stocks, Amazon.com down 3.09%, Alibaba down 1.06%, MercadoLibre down 2.50%, PDD Holdings up 0.33%, JD.com up 1.71%. Sector linkage effects amplified downside pressure on Coupang.
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