Government to investigate ex officio GS E&C apartment system infringement accident (comprehensive)

Due to our own analysis, we did not agree to the government investigation… Ministry of Science and Technology, considering scale of leak and information sensitivity

GS E&C “We did not agree to technical support… We will faithfully cooperate with the investigation.”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Hyeong-bin = The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 11th that it will conduct an ex officio investigation to confirm the status and causes of damage caused by infringement accidents that occurred in GS Engineering & Construction [006360]'s apartment community facility reservation and management system.

This is the first case in which an ex officio investigation was decided after deliberation by the Infringement Incident Investigation Deliberation Committee, a statutory committee newly established following the enforcement of the Information and Communications Network Act last month.

GS E&C reported the infringement accident on the 29th of last month, but did not agree to the investigation by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) on the grounds that it would analyze the accident on its own.

Accordingly, the Infringement Incident Investigation Deliberation Committee held on this day agreed that an ex officio investigation was necessary, considering the importance of the issue, such as the scale of the leak and the sensitivity of the leaked information.

Based on the results of the committee deliberation, the Ministry of Science and ICT finally decided to conduct an ex officio investigation, comprehensively considering information leakage and the possibility of additional damage.

If the Ministry of Science and ICT determines that it is a serious accident during the future investigation process, it will review the formation of a public-private joint investigation team through committee deliberation.

In response to this, a GS E&C official said, "We do not agree to the government and Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) investigation, but we simply do not agree to technical support for our own cause analysis and measures to prevent recurrence. We will faithfully cooperate with the ongoing investigation and other investigations by KISA."