Chinanews, October 25th. According to Korean media reports, the wired and wireless Internet services of South Korean telecom operator Korea Telecom (KT) have been paralyzed from the morning of the 25th local time, causing inconvenience to users across South Korea.
KT later stated that the accident was caused by an incorrect network path setting.
According to reports, the wired and wireless Internet services of Korea Telecom (KT) were paralyzed for nearly one hour from 11:20 am local time on the 25th.
After the accident, KT issued an announcement saying that the company's network was hit by a large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) at 11 am on the 25th.
But two hours later, he also claimed that the network breakdown was caused by a wrong setting.
According to the report, KT stated in the latest announcement that it was initially speculated to have suffered a distributed denial of service attack due to traffic overload.
However, after careful investigation, it was found that the accident was caused by a wrong network path setting. Together with the South Korean government, we will further investigate the specific cause.
The company also said that the inconvenience caused to the majority of users by the paralysis of Internet services, it apologizes for this.
According to reports, after the accident, various KT Internet-based services such as South Korean portals, securities trading systems, shop payment systems, and corporate business systems were paralyzed.
Some users cannot make and receive calls, and the customer service calls cannot be connected.
Most services have returned to normal at noon that day, and restoration work in some areas has been delayed.