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Fire destroys Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available
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this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2025
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Wow. this is one of the biggest instances of IT incompetence that I've heard of in recent years. Hosting a server farm without remote backups? Sound like the London Magnetic Tape Incident.
The LMTI: One employee was sent to the other end of London with the magnetic backup tapes every day. He got money to take a taxi, but saved it and took the tube. His favourite seat was right above one of the motors, where he sat the bag with the tapes on the floor for the journey. The tapes were just stored at the destination, and not checked in any way. Guess what they learned the first time they had to rely on those tapes?
That's really funny. It's such a specific situation too. Almost like a comedy sketch
Imagine the reaction of the guy when he found out.