# NIRS fire destroys government's cloud storage system, no backups available

Date: 2025-10-08
Link: https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-10-01/national/socialAffairs/NIRS-fire-destroys-governments-cloud-storage-system-no-backups-available/2412936
Source: https://maxkoni.net

A fire broke out at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) headquarters of South Korea, erasing work files saved by ~750,000 civil servants over the past seven years.