Overview
- Bundang Police Station deployed about 70 personnel to search the headquarters and surrounding areas before lifting the building lockdown.
- Kakao said the threatening messages were filed to its customer service center around 11 a.m. and were reported to police immediately.
- The posts claimed a homemade bomb in the office, threatened to kill senior officials with a homemade gun, and demanded 10 billion won, according to Kakao and police.
- Kakao said employees are expected to return to the office Tuesday after authorities found no explosives.
- The incident came as users protested a recent Friends-tab redesign, and industry sources said Kakao plans to restore the previous contact list view or offer it as an option this week.