Jeong Cheong-rae: "Kakao Outage Hits the Hearts of the Entire Nation... Government Didn't Even Think of Sending Disaster Alerts"

"Primitive Circuit Breaker Fire Incident Occurred in a Cutting-Edge IT Nation"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Jeong Cheong-rae, Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized the government's inadequate response to the Kakao outage on the 17th, pointing out that there was not even a single disaster alert message. Jeong blamed the cause of the incident on a "primitive circuit breaker" fire.

At the Democratic Party Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Jeong said, "In a cutting-edge IT nation, an absurd primitive circuit breaker fire incident occurred," adding, "The lesson we must learn from the Kakao disaster is that absolute monopoly inevitably leads to absolute failure."

He explained, "It was said that there was a fire in the data office, but that was not the case; the circuit breaker tripped," and continued, "The data center was located from the 2nd to the 6th floors above ground, and simply put, the circuit breaker was on the 3rd basement floor. Since there was a fire there and water was used to extinguish it, the switch power was cut off."

Jeong also criticized the government's response.

He pointed out, "The government's response after the Kakao service outage was also quite inadequate," and said, "When a COVID-19 situation occurs, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety cooperates to send text messages, but the Ministry of Science and ICT failed to think of that." Jeong added, "The entire nation was left in a blackout state, just beating their chests in frustration."

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