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Yandex data centers hit by series of Ukrainian drone strikes

Yandex drone attacks data centers digital infrastructure cyber warfare

Ukrainian drone strikes have targeted three major data centers operated by the Russian technology giant Yandex within a single week. The attacks hit facilities in the Sasovo (Ryazan region), Kaluga, and Vladimir regions, causing significant damage to the company's digital infrastructure.

The strikes have disrupted a wide range of Yandex services, including search engines, maps, email, cloud computing, and ride-hailing apps. The impact has extended beyond Russia, causing service outages for users in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. NetBlocks reported that Yandex Cloud traffic dropped to 30 percent of its usual levels, while overall company traffic fell to 63 percent.

Some observers noted a sharp decline in automated bot activity on social media platforms like X following the attacks, though experts debate whether this reflects a drop in disinformation campaigns or simply a reduction in automated web crawlers. The destruction of these facilities, which house supercomputers used for artificial intelligence development, poses a long-term challenge for Russia's technological capabilities due to existing sanctions on hardware.

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Cloudflare · NetBlocks · Russia · Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelensky · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Yandex

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Атаките срещу ''Яндекс'': Украинските нападения разстроиха дигиталните услуги в Русия [euronews.bg]
Atacan instalaciones de Yandex en tercer golpe con drones [hch.tv]
Ucrania ataca el centro de datos de Yandex en su tercer ataque contra el gigante tecnológico ruso. Periódico Ático [periodicoatico.com.ar]
Atacurile Ucrainei asupra centrelor de date rusești au redus la tăcere boții pro-Trump și pro-AfD de pe rețelele sociale [safenews.md]
Atacuri pe centrele de date Yandex: traficul boților a scăzut cu 99% [stiriactuale.info]
Drone Strikes on Russian Data Centers Disrupt Yandex Services Across Central Asia - The Times Of Central Asia [timesca.com]
L’Ukraine frappe un (puis 2, puis 3) data center stratégique de Yandex [dcmag.fr]
Yandex: Ukraine schaltet russisches Google aus [t3n.de]
The Yandex outage probably didn’t blitz Russian bots [dailyguardian.ca]
Drohnen treffen drei Yandex-Zentren – Russland droht ein teures Problem [www.t-online.de]
Ukraine greift drittes Yandex-Rechenzentrum an: Digitales zum Ziel erklärt [www.it-boltwise.de]
Yandex, droni sui data center: traffico bot crolla allo 0,4% [www.tecnoandroid.it]
Atacurile Ucrainei asupra Yandex au redus activitatea boților ruși pe rețelele sociale? [tvrmoldova.md]
Ukraine strikes Yandex in third attack on Russian tech giant [uzalendonews.co.ke]
Zbog čega Ukrajina napada ruski Google: Yandexovi data centri postali izrazito važna meta za Kijev - 24sata. info [24sata.info]
Украйна срина "Яндекс" - къде са ордите от тролове-копейки? [www.actualno.com]
Legten ukrainische Drohnen „AfD Bots“ lahm? [www.capital.de]
Ukrajina vyřadila 3 z 5 datových center Yandexu, aktivita ruských botů ihned klesla na minimum [www.cnews.cz]
Ukrainische Angriffe auf Yandex: bricht russische Botaktivität ein? [de.euronews.com]
Ukraińcy uderzyli w rosyjski internet. . . dronami. Yandex czeka nawet pół roku napraw - Nowy Dziennik [dziennik.com]
¿Los ataques ucranianos a centros de datos de Yandex hunden los bots rusos? [es.euronews.com]
Ukrainian strikes on data centres and Russian bot activity in freefall [www.euronews.com]
Rosyjska propaganda dostała cios. Ekspertka wskazuje na Polskę [www.fakt.pl]
Ударите на ВСУ по дейтацентрове на „Яндекс“ спрели над 80 услуги [fakti.bg]
Krásné neštěstí. Ukrajinci zasáhli datové centrum. . . [www.forum24.cz]
Les frappes ukrainiennes sur les data centers de Yandex ont-elles fait chuter les bots russes ? [fr.euronews.com]
Η δραστηριότητα ρωσικών bot μειώθηκε μετά τις ουκρανικές επιθέσεις σε κέντρα δεδομένων της Yandex - Σύμπτωση; [gr.euronews.com]
Az orosz social media botok nem a Yandex DC-kben laknak [www.hwsw.hu]
Ρωσικά Κέντρα Δεδομένων: Είναι φανταστικό αυτό που συνέβη μετά τις Ουκρανικές επιθέσεις - Μικροπράγματα [mikropragmata.lifo.gr]
Yandex colpito da droni: chiuso data center di Vladimir [www.notizie.it]
Cómo es Yandex, el “Google de Rusia” que se ha convertido en blanco de ataques de Ucrania [www.prensalibre.com]
Ucrânia: ataques a centros de dados da Yandex fazem cair atividade de bots russos? [pt.euronews.com]
Ukrajina vyřadila z provozu největší ruská data centra. Klesla tak aktivita ruských botů [news.refresher.cz]
HOOP TROLLIVABRIKUTELE? Ukraina droonid lõid rivist välja kolm Vene andmekeskust [www.ohtuleht.ee]
Bot Traffic from Yandex's Network Falls to Near Zero After Third Drone Strike [thedeepdive.ca]
Probleme la Yandex Go în Moldova după atacurile cu drone din Rusia: Precizările companiei pentru TV8 [tv8.md]
Ukraińcy "zderusyfikowali internet" atakami na Yandex? Ekspert wyjaśnia [wiadomosci.onet.pl]
Tajemniczy wykres się szerzy, mocno poruszył Polaków. Prześwietliliśmy dane, jest zwrot [wydarzenia.interia.pl]
Ukraine legt „Russen-Google“ lahm! Bremst Kiew Putins Propaganda aus? [www.bild.de]
Russia's Yandex Bot Traffic Plunges to 0. 4% of Recent Peak After Ukraine Drone Strikes [www.ibtimes.co.uk]
Hat die Ukraine Russlands Troll-Fabriken das Handwerk gelegt? [www.kleinezeitung.at]
Have Russian bots dropped off after Ukraine attacked its data centres? [metro.co.uk]
Les bots russes ont-ils vraiment été réduits au silence par les frappes contre Yandex ? [www.numerama.com]
Ukraine strikes third Yandex data center, disrupting digital services across Russia [therecord.media]
Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex datacenters knock cloud and payments offline [www.theregister.com]