On Sept. 30, restoration work was completed for 709 systems that had been paralyzed by the National Information Resources Service fire on Sept. 26.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said that as of 9:30 a.m. that day, all systems affected by the national resources fire had been restored.
Accordingly, the disaster alert level of "caution" issued after the fire was lifted, and the disaster response system for the administrative information system was also terminated.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) plans to continue intensive monitoring of the systems under each ministry's control even after the response system ends. It also plans to respond quickly based on a cooperation framework among related agencies if problems arise.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) will also push ahead with structural improvements to public informatization facilities. It will strengthen safety management standards at public data centers, which have lagged behind the private sector, and comprehensively improve disaster recovery (DR) systems to ensure they function in real disaster situations.
The national resources fire broke out on Sept. 26 in the computer room on the fifth floor of the Daejeon headquarters. A fire started while a lithium-ion battery was being moved, and all 709 systems were paralyzed.
Yoon Ho-jung, Minister of the Interior and Safety (MOIS), said, "The government will take this incident as a lesson to fundamentally improve the overall management system of the National Information Resources Service and focus all our capabilities on enhancing stability and reliability."