GoKawiilDrone strike damages Russian finance ministry data center holding tax records
Ukrainian drones struck a government data center near Gorodets, about 230 miles from Moscow, that reportedly processes data for Russia's Federal Tax Service. The facility is one of two geo-distributed centers handling tax records, and Russian media cited by Data Center Dynamics warned the damage could affect state information systems. The Finance Ministry reportedly operates two other data centers, in Dubna and Yerzovka.
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The strike continues a pattern of tit-for-tat attacks on data infrastructure since October, after Russia reportedly escalated by hitting Ukrainian data centers first, suggesting digital infrastructure has become an active front in the conflict. Losing a third of the ministry's processing capacity could strain government services even if redundancy elsewhere limits immediate disruption, though the actual operational impact remains unconfirmed.
- A drone strike hit a Russian Finance Ministry data center near Gorodets reportedly tied to tax databases
- Russian media say the facility is one of two key geo-distributed tax-processing centers
- The attack follows a wider pattern of reciprocal strikes on data centers since October
Source: tomshardware.com — Jowi Morales, 2026-10-25
Published there as: “Ukrainian drone attacks hammer Russia's finance ministry data center, damaged facility reportedly holds tax databases”
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