internet blackout Archives

ICT Firms Increase Network Duplexing Efforts to Prevent Network Failures

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean information and communications technology (CT) companies are diversifying networks for customer service and businesses to protect themselves from network failures. The operator of the mobile financial transaction application Toss plans to duplex its intra-network next week by joining an additional mobile carrier, following an hour-long internet blackout caused [...]

Internet Outage Causes Chaos for Businesses, Individuals

SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A large number of public and private institutions, businesses and individuals suffered considerable inconvenience from an hour-long internet blackout caused Monday by a massive hacking attack on KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator. The abrupt disruption of KT’s wired and wireless internet services occurred around 11 a.m. [...]