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South Korea Restores 62 Government Systems After Data Center Fire as Cyber Alert Raised to 'Caution'

Officials plan to rebuild 96 destroyed systems in the Daegu cloud over roughly four weeks following a lithium‑ion battery blast.

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Overview

  • As of noon Monday, 62 of 647 disrupted public administration systems are back online, including Government24 and Korea Post financial services, but the Onnara government intranet remains down and is slowing routine approvals.
  • Korea Post resumed mailing, parcel acceptance and tracking at 9 a.m., though shipments of fresh goods and non‑document EMS to the United States remain suspended.
  • The government will relocate and reconstruct the 96 fire‑damaged systems at the NIRS Daegu center, with officials now guiding a restoration window of about four weeks.
  • Police formed a 20‑member probe with three lithium‑ion battery specialists after a battery exploded in a server room; the blaze was fully extinguished by 6 p.m. Saturday.
  • Battery packs were beyond a 10‑year lifespan and had been recommended for replacement by LG CNS in 2024, and the NIS raised the national cyber alert to 'caution' at 6 p.m. to deter opportunistic attacks and ordered rapid incident reporting.