AI Freely Controls Computers: Why Naver, Kakao and Danggeun Have Banned This App Internally

Information technology (IT) companies such as Naver and Kakao are imposing internal bans on the use of "OpenClaw" within their organizations. OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent technology that can access information inside a computer and control the mouse and keyboard to perform tasks on behalf of humans.
According to the IT industry on the 8th, Naver, Kakao and Danggeun recently notified their employees, including developers, that the use of OpenClaw is restricted within the company.
A Kakao representative stated, "To protect the company’s information assets, we issued a notice restricting the use of the open-source AI agent OpenClaw on our internal network and work devices."
Naver and Danggeun are also reported to be blocking access to and use of OpenClaw inside their organizations.
This is the first time in Korea that companies have formally announced a ban on a specific AI tool since early last year, when countries around the world began restricting the use of the Chinese AI model "DeepSeek" in public institutions and businesses over concerns about personal data leaks and cybersecurity.
OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent developed by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger. It can autonomously handle tasks such as reading emails, managing calendars, organizing files and executing PC commands, which has recently made it popular in developer communities in Silicon Valley. On the 29th of last month, its official blog announced that, after previously being called ClaudeBot and MaltBot, the project’s name was finalized as OpenClaw.
y27k@fnnews.com Seo Yoon-kyung Reporter