The Ministry of the Interior and Safety on Sunday admitted that more than 1200 civil documents were erroneously issued to the wrong applicants last month, resulting in the exposure of sensitive private information a major cybersecurity breach that illustrates the weakness of a public online service and the poor handling of such incidents by a government agency. The breach at Government24 (gov.kr), the government&r.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety on Sunday admitted that more than 1200 civil documents were erroneously issued to the wrong applicants last month, resulting in the exposure of sensitive private information a major cybersecurity breach that illustrates the weakness of a public online service and the poor handling of such incidents by a government agency. The breach at Government24 (gov.kr), the government&r.
The government s central computer system was up and running again on Monday following a debilitating three-day outage. Last Friday, the Korean public was unable to obtain official documents or conduct other duties requiring certification as the system outage crippled the government’s civil service capabilities. People could not make real estate deals or receive bank loans, as they could not get resident registration papers or obtain self-verification.
A system breakdown hit the South Korean government’s major administrative network on Friday, resulting in massive disruptions at civil services across the nation over the weekend and revealing a loophole in the network security of the country’s critical services. The government’s electronic administrative network for public workers, called Saeol, went down Friday morning, and the civil service porta.
A system breakdown hit the South Korean government’s major administrative network on Friday, resulting in massive disruptions at civil services across the nation over the weekend and revealing a loophole in the network security of the country’s critical services. The government’s electronic administrative network for public workers, called Saeol, went down Friday morning, and the civil service porta.