Russian Yandex Data Centre Operations Disrupted After Drone Strike
Yandex said the attack damaged infrastructure and forced an emergency shutdown, disrupting more than 80 digital services and cloud tools.
- On Sunday, a Ukrainian drone attack damaged Yandex infrastructure in Vladimir, marking the third precision strike on the company's server infrastructure in four days.
- Sequential drone strikes targeted Yandex facilities in the Ryazan and Kaluga regions, suggesting a coordinated campaign against the physical infrastructure underpinning Russia's digital platforms.
- Widespread disruptions affected more than 80 digital services, while Vladimir Region Governor Aleksandr Avdeev reported strikes damaged local electrical substations, restoring roughly 80 percent of electrical service.
- "Operations at the data centre have been completely suspended," Yandex added, warning that "the remaining resource configuration is considered unstable" as teams assessed damage.
- Yandex, often dubbed "Russia's Google," runs the country's most popular search engine; the facility, designed to house up to 2,880 server racks, represents a foundational processing hub.
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Drones reach data center of the 'Russian Google' The Russian company of technology and artificial intelligence Yandex informed in the early morning of this Sunday (11) that a drone attack damaged its facilities and caused the complete shutdown of its data center in the region of Vladimir, Russia. According to the company, no one was injured, but some of its services are unavailable to users. Drones reach data center of the 'Russian Google'; VIDE…
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Russian tech giant Yandex's data centers have been hit by drone strikes for three consecutive days. The latest attack, on October 11, completely crippled the Vladimir facility, causing the Russian company's services to be disrupted in several countries, the Kyiv Independent reported.
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