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Re:Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system... by DarkmSparks on Sunday October 05, 2025 @04:33PM (#45484983)
But not security. And for governmental data security is a far more important consideration.

not losing data and keeping untrusted parties out of your data is a hard problem, that "cloud" aka "stored somewhere that is accessible by agents of a foreign nation" does not solve.

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Re:Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system... by DrewADesign on Sunday October 05, 2025 @05:16PM (#45485350)
It's the government of South Korea, which has a nearly 2 trillion dollar GDP. Surely they could have built a few more data centers connected with their own fiber if they were that paranoid about it.
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Re:Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system... by freehorse on Sunday October 05, 2025 @04:43PM (#45485070)
As OP says, cloud is not the only solution, just the easiest. They should probably have had a second backup in a different building. It would probably require a bit more involvement, but def doable.
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