Fire destroys Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-10-01/national/socialAffairs/NIRS-fire-destroys-governments-cloud-storage-system-no-backups-available/2412936

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Goretantath@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 334d (1 reply)

They really had only 1 location?? Really???

mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 334d

This from the country that used to keep 4 copies of its official royal histories at four different locations around the country.

LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 334d

Why would you need a backup, it's in the cloud!

/s

CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 334d

They should have adhered to 3-2-1

Dadifer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 334d

Mr. Robot?

Fedop@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 334d

due to the system’s large-capacity, low-performance storage structure, no external backups were maintained

Oh man, thats terrifying. Critical systems running without a backup