E-commerce giant Coupang has claimed the perpetrator in a massive data leak incident saved limited information from about 3,000 customer accounts in a filing to the U.S. securities watchdog, despite criticism in Korea of the U.S.-listed firm's internal investigation results. The filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday came after Coupang made the same claim in last week's announcement on the outcome of its own probe, which was only met with a reaffirmation by Seoul's Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon that the data leak affected more than 33 million customers in Korea. "The investigation to date indicates that while approximately 33 million accounts were accessed, the perpetrator only saved limited data from approximately 3,000 customer accounts, and such customer data has been deleted without having been shared with a third party," Coupang said in the SEC filing. Unverified by the Korean investigation authorities, Coupang's own assessment has drawn criticism about a "self-investigation" into the incident that damaged public trust in the online platform, on whi