{"id":20265,"date":"2025-09-30T08:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/30\/south-korea-raises-cyber-threat-level-after-huge-data-centre-fire-sparks-hacking-fears\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T08:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:37:35","slug":"south-korea-raises-cyber-threat-level-after-huge-data-centre-fire-sparks-hacking-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/30\/south-korea-raises-cyber-threat-level-after-huge-data-centre-fire-sparks-hacking-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea raises cyber threat level after huge data centre fire sparks hacking fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National cyber security centre raises alert level to \u2018caution\u2019 as technicians race to restore government systems after battery fire sparked nationwide chaos<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s intelligence agency has raised the national cyber threat level, amid concerns that hackers could take advantage of the chaos caused by a fire at a government datacentre that paralysed critical digital infrastructure across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The national cybersecurity centre, operating under the intelligence service, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.go.kr\/main\/cop\/bbs\/selectBoardArticle.do?bbsId=CyberCrisis_main&amp;nttId=218020&amp;pageIndex=1\">elevated the alert<\/a> from \u201cattention\u201d to \u201ccaution\u201d on Monday, citing fears hackers could exploit vulnerabilities as recovery work continues.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/sep\/30\/south-korea-raises-cyber-threat-level-after-huge-data-centre-fire-sparks-hacking-fears\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b70ff9e24e06429f24260f9227a7781c85ee95f8\/0_0_5000_4000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=528415160e89451879353af10808286e\" title=\"South Korea raises cyber threat level after huge data centre fire sparks hacking fears\" \/>National cyber security centre raises alert level to \u2018caution\u2019 as technicians race to restore government systems after battery fire sparked nationwide chaos<br \/>\nSouth Korea\u2019s intelligence agency has raised the national cyber threat level, amid concerns that hackers could take advantage of the chaos caused by a fire at a government datacentre that paralysed critical digital infrastructure across the country.<br \/>\nThe national cybersecurity centre, operating under the intelligence service, elevated the alert from \u201cattention\u201d to \u201ccaution\u201d on Monday, citing fears hackers could exploit vulnerabilities as recovery work continues. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National cyber security centre raises alert level to \u2018caution\u2019 as technicians race to restore government systems after battery fire sparked nationwide chaos South Korea\u2019s intelligence agency has raised the national cyber threat level, amid concerns that hackers could take advantage of the chaos caused by a fire at a government datacentre that paralysed critical digital &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/30\/south-korea-raises-cyber-threat-level-after-huge-data-centre-fire-sparks-hacking-fears\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">South Korea raises cyber threat level after huge data centre fire sparks hacking fears<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20265"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}