Yandex data center outage persists; Yandex Disk data loss risk flagged
A Yandex data center in Vladimir has been offline for three days, disrupting half of the company's data centers and causing continued outages across services, including Yandex Pay. Experts warn of potential irreversible data loss on Yandex Disk. The incident highlights infrastructure fragility in Russia's digital economy.
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Ukrainian Drone Strikes Target Russian Yandex Data Centers
Ukrainian forces conducted drone strikes against three Yandex data centers in Russia (Sasovo, Kaluga, Vladimir) between October 8-11, resulting in the shutdown of two facilities and damage to a third. These attacks have caused widespread disruption to Yandex cloud services, smart home, banking, and email services across Russia, with full restoration potentially taking months. The Kremlin has acknowledged the attacks and is discussing the situation, indicating a significant escalation in cyber-physical warfare targeting Russian civilian digital infrastructure.