Coupang Taiwan’s chief information security officer spoke at CYBERSEC 2026 in Taiwan to detail a November 2025 customer data breach that exposed information from about 33.7 million accounts globally and impacted roughly 200,000 accounts in Taiwan. The executive said the firm strengthened technical defenses and external mechanisms and formally launched Taiwan’s first Public Bug Bounty Program in partnership with HackerOne to institutionalize vulnerability reporting.

As AI data centers demand ever-faster networking speeds and more advanced optical interconnects, one of the semiconductor industry’s lesser-known materials is emerging as a major constraint.

Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics, two of Taiwan’s largest notebook contract manufacturers, posted April shipment declines exceeding 30% as a wave of orders pulled into late March left the following month with little to fill. The drop reflects a familiar quarter-end timing pattern rather than a demand collapse, executives said.