GoKawiilYandex cloud hit by drone strikes on three Russian data centers
Yandex confirmed that drone attacks damaged three of its data centers in Sasovo, Kaluga, and Vladimir between October 8-11, knocking two facilities offline entirely and degrading the third. Customers have reported being unable to access files stored on Yandex's cloud infrastructure, and the company says it cannot give a reliable timeline for restoring service. Yandex has urged customers to switch to alternative disaster-recovery infrastructure while its teams work to stabilize the remaining systems.
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The strikes point to a shift toward targeting digital infrastructure that underpins much of Russia's government and private-sector internet activity, since Yandex's cloud and other services are widely relied upon domestically. Yandex's own warning that its setup is 'unstable' suggests the outages could persist and ripple across businesses dependent on its platform. A European lawmaker's suggestion of a link to disrupted far-right online activity in Germany remains speculative and unconfirmed by Yandex or independent verification.
- Drone attacks on October 8-11 damaged Yandex data centers in Sasovo, Kaluga, and Vladimir.
- Two facilities are fully offline and one is operating in a degraded, unstable state.
- Yandex cannot estimate when services will be restored and is advising customers to seek alternative disaster-recovery options.
Source: bleepingcomputer.com, 2026-10-12
Published there as: “Yandex confirms service outage as users lose access to cloud files”
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