Coupang Reports Significant Q2 Loss Due to Data Breach Fines
Coupang, the South Korean e-commerce giant, reported a steep loss in its second quarter, primarily attributed to substantial fines incurred from a data breach. The financial fallout from the breach significantly impacted the company's earnings despite sales growth.
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Coupang’s Losses Grow After Fallout From Data Breach Deepens
Coupang Inc. reported a larger-than-expected loss, underscoring the damage from a massive personal data leak that resulted in heavy administrative fines in South Korea, its primary market.
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E-commerce giant Coupang posted its largest quarterly operating loss since its New York listing in 2021, as a fine tied to last year's data breach swamped otherwise solid revenue growth. The company said Wednesday that revenue for the April-June period rose 10 percent on-year on a constant currency basis to $8.9 billion. The operating loss widened to $556 million from an operating profit of $149 million a year earlier. Combined with the first quarter's $242 million operating loss, Coupang's firs
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