[2022 National Audit] Kakao Kim Beom-su "45,000 Reports of KakaoTalk Outage Damage"

Kim Beom-su, Head of Kakao Future Initiative Center, attended the comprehensive audit of the Ministry of Science and ICT and related audit target organizations held at the National Assembly on the 24th, responding to questions from lawmakers. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Kim Beom-su, head of the Future Initiative Center and founder of Kakao, revealed that the number of damage cases from the 'KakaoTalk outage incident' has reached 45,000.

On the 24th, during the National Assembly Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting Committee's audit of the Ministry of Science and ICT, Kim responded to a question from Lee Jung-moon, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, asking about the number of damage reports received by sector and the scale of the damage.

However, Kim stated, "As you know, there are many indirect damages, making it difficult to estimate the scale of the damage."

When asked whether both direct and indirect damages are being internally calculated, Kim answered, "Yes."

Meanwhile, Kakao has been receiving user damage reports through a damage report channel set up within KakaoTalk since the 19th. After collecting reports until early to mid-November, they plan to present specific compensation measures.

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