Fraudsters Target Victims of Coupang Leak, Pushing Regulator to Toughen Alert

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial regulator on Thursday raised its consumer alert level to “warning” after confirming secondary damages—including voice phishing and smishing—linked to last month’s massive personal data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said the escalation follows a rise in reported fraud attempts exploiting public anxiety [...]