A major fire at South Korea’s national data center has halted hundreds of online government services including postal and tax facilities, Reuters reported.
The blaze likely began with an explosion of a battery at the National Information Resources Service in Daejeon city, about 85 miles (130 kilometers) south of the capital Seoul, at around 8:20 p.m. local time on Friday, the news agency reported.
That led to a “thermal runaway” releasing extreme heat in the server room, making it difficult for firefighters to contain the inferno, officials told the agency.
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said the fire had “paralyzed” the government’s internal digital platform, shutting down…
