IT House reported on October 16 that a fire broke out in the C&C Banqiao data center of South Korean company SK on October 15 local time, resulting in the disruption of several services, including South Korea’s largest mobile communications application. Kakao Talk.
On October 16, Lee Jong-ho, South Korea’s Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Communications, apologized for the incident. South Korea’s president on Sunday called for swift measures to restore all services provided by Kakao Corp and Naver Corp.
IT Home has been informed that,The disruption of the service reduces some of the most used apps and websites in the country, including Kakao and the company’s online payment, gaming and music streaming services. There are portal sites like Daum.
The failures highlighted South Korea’s reliance on Kakao messages, the default communication method for many government and commercial services.
The South Korean government has called for measures to be taken to prevent such incidents from happening again, including ensuring that data is backed up and incidents reported promptly.
South Korea’s Science and ICT Minister Lee Jong-ho visited the damaged data center in Pangyo, south of Seoul, and said the government will seek systematic support measures to prevent such failures from happening again. according to the Yonhap news agency. A senior official from the Korean presidential office was reported to have said that it is necessary to investigate whether key companies such as Kakao have adopted a laissez-faire attitude when people are in trouble.
The company has apologized to customers for the discontinuation of service.
The Kakao Kakao Talk messaging app has over 47 million active users in South Korea and 53 million globally, the company said in an August report.Back to Sohu, see more
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