Fire destroys Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available
14 hours ago
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- A fire at NIRS's Daejeon headquarters destroyed the government’s G-Drive cloud storage system.
- Approximately 750,000 civil servants lost work files stored on G-Drive.
- 96 critical government information systems were damaged, including the G-Drive platform.
- No external backups existed due to the system’s storage structure, leading to permanent data loss.
- The Ministry of Personnel Management, which relied heavily on G-Drive, was the most affected.
- Work disruptions are expected across all government departments.
- Efforts are underway to recover data from local files, emails, and printed records.
- Some official documents may be recoverable from the Onnara system once restored.
- Criticism is mounting over the government's data management protocols.