Russia's Yandex says data centre in Vladimir area shut down after drone attack
- Ukrainian drone strikes hit Yandex data centers in Sasovo, Kaluga, and the Vladimir region between October 8 and October 11, forcing Russia's largest internet technology company to take services offline.
- The Sasovo facility housed two of Yandex's three supercomputers and was struck overnight on October 8, triggering cascading outages across Moscow and St. Petersburg affecting banks, retailers, and transportation services.
- Cloudflare Radar data showed automated requests from Yandex's AS13238 network plunged from 88.2% to 0.3% between October 8 and October 11, though it remains unclear whether propaganda bots or ordinary software crawlers were affected.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that "everyone noticed" a reduction in Russian bot activity, while European Parliament member Tomáš Zdechovský highlighted claims that online support for Germany's Alternative for Germany party declined.
- Yandex reported on Sunday that it is working to restore services, though some remain entirely offline, as the disruption exposed vulnerability in Russia's wider internet infrastructure.
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Ukraine Appears To Have Destroyed Russian Bot Farms
The Independent reports: People have praised Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky for destroying Russian “bot farms” right before the US midterm elections. Last week, Ukraine continued to take direct action against Russia’s invasion and attacks on its data centres by striking three data centres owned by Russian tech giant Yandex with drones. Since their destruction, social … The post Ukraine Appears To Have Destroyed Russian Bot Farms appeared…
Zelenskyy: less bots, hostility on social networks after strikes on Yandex data centers
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that following Ukrainian responses targeting the data centers of the Russian company Yandex, there are fewer bots, provocations, and hostility on social media platforms.
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welingelichtekringen.nlWARSAW/KYIV (ANP) - With its attacks on Russian data centers, Ukraine has also done social media users a service, President Volodymyr Zelensky believes. "It suddenly became easier to breathe on many social media platforms" with fewer Russian bots, the Ukrainian leader said on Monday. "...
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