Russian Bot Traffic Decimated Overnight After Ukraine Drone Strikes Knock Multiple Yandex Data Centers Offline
Cloudflare Radar data showed automated requests from Yandex’s network fell to about 0.4% of recent peak levels after the strikes, researchers said.
- Multiple Ukrainian drone strikes over the last week targeted Yandex-operated data centers in Russia, with Cloudflare Radar reporting a sharp decline in automated bot traffic from the company's network.
- These attacks followed an intensification of Russian strikes on Ukrainian digital infrastructure, including telecommunications providers that disrupted services for businesses, government systems, and ordinary families.
- Some reports cite Cloudflare data indicating automated web requests fell by roughly 99%, though viral charts shared by European Parliament member Zdechovsk alleging the decline impacted the AfD have faced scrutiny.
- Computer scientist Raphael Wimmer suspects the diagram shared by Zdechovsk is AI-generated, noting inconsistencies including a data point logged for October 15th, a future date.
- Yandex Fintech head Dima Pirogov stated the company cannot provide a precise restoration timeline for services like Yandex Pay, though it promises to restore them.
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