Nbcnews Ukrainian Drones Strike Yandex Data Center, Disrupt Operations
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- •Ukrainian drones attacked a Yandex data center, marking a significant escalation.
- •Yandex has blurred the locations of its cloud data centers following the attack.
- •No casualties were reported, but service disruptions affected Yandex Cloud operations.
On October 8, 2026, a Ukrainian drone attack targeted a Yandex data center in Sasovo, Ryazan, causing a fire and forcing the suspension of operations. This incident marks the first confirmed strike against Russian data infrastructure since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Yandex reported significant service disruptions, particularly affecting Yandex Cloud services, with over 1,300 user reports of outages. Concurrently, drone debris caused a fire at an industrial site in Salavat, Bashkortostan, and further attacks were reported on oil refineries in the region. Yandex has since blurred the locations of all its cloud data centers on its mapping service, highlighting the vulnerability of Russian digital infrastructure. No casualties were reported from the attacks, and core consumer services remained operational. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have intercepted numerous Ukrainian drones during the same period.
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