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5 National Security Research Institute Employees Caught Playing 'StarCraft' for 90 Hours While Ordered to Defend National Security

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cho Seung-han = Employees of the National Institute of Security Technology, a government-funded research institute specializing in national information protection and cyber security, collectively played 'StarCraft...' during working hours

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Five employees of the National Security Technology Research Institute were caught systematically playing StarCraft during working hours. They exploited the work network and training lines while administrators were absent, and the institute improved its security management methods, such as blocking access to non-work-related sites, following disciplinary action.

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cho Seung-han = Employees of the National Institute of Security Technology, a government-funded research institute specializing in national information protection and cyber security, collectively played 'StarCraft...' during working hours

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Employees of a government-funded research institute, who are supposed to guard the front lines of national cybersecurity, have been caught habitually accessing game servers to play 'StarCraft' during working hours. In particular, their misconduct was revealed only through an internal whistleblower, and the subsequent disciplinary action amounted to a slap on the wrist in the form of a reduced commendation, drawing fierce criticism. 'Battle.net D…

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It was revealed that employees of the National Security Technology Research Institute, responsible for national cyber security, were disciplined after being caught playing the game 'Starcraft' during working hours.

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It was belatedly revealed that employees of a government-funded research institute responsible for national cybersecurity were disciplined after being caught collectively accessing the online game 'Starcraft' servers during working hours. On the 12th, Rep. Hwang Jung-ah of the Democratic Party of Korea, a member of the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Communications Committee, [regarding] the affiliated National... of the…

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Sunday, October 11, 2026.
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