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Ukraine hits Russia's Sberbank data center as bot-shutdown claims unravelResearchers dispute the bot-collapse claim
4 Oct 11 2:51 PM · 3d ago · 1 article · 16 posts · 4 sources · development 4 of 8
Cybersecurity researchers and OSINT analysts pushed back, arguing the Cloudflare data reflects Yandex web-crawler traffic, not social-media disinformation bots, and that Kremlin bot operations don't run on Yandex infrastructure.
“No, a Yandex cloud malfunction did not take down disinformation/troll bots. It's a dangerous misconception.”
@lukOlejnikVolodymyr Zelensky President of UkraineYandex Russian tech company, strike targetSberbank Russian state bank, strike targetFire Point Ukrainian defense companyP. Kallioniemi, Lukasz Olejnik, GossiTheDog, evacide Independent researchers/analysts
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first by Euronews.com, 2d ago
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In Germany, Ukraine, and the United States alike, strikes on Yandex data centers coincided with a sharp decline in bot traffic. And it's not just ordinary users noticing this — researchers are already reporting their initial findings. Similar patterns were observed with Iranian
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PSA: No, Russian bot traffic has not significantly decreased. Only Yandex’s network is mostly silent, which doesn’t have a huge impact on automated requests from all of Russia. And neither has much to do with social media bots. Stop spreading this kind of misinformation. https:// radar.
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Maybe if someone hadn't offered their support with the Starlink network, only to then pull that support and start using it to benefit the invaders, Zelenskyy would be more wary of hurting your feelings.
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I'm sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but as of now, there is no solid evidence that Russian bot farms have become inactive due to the Yandex data centre strikes. The Cloudflare charts mostly show activity related to web crawlers, which have little to do with automated posting
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(via Reddit) Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears https://www. reddit.com/r/UkrainianConflict /comments/1x3j22z/ukraine_blows_up_russian_data_centres_and/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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wow the guy who cut off Ukraine's internet access to help Russia & punish Ukraine is angry at the thought of an internet resource being damaged
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To those implying that Kremlin-controlled social media bot/troll farms became silent after Ukraine hit a Yandex data center, posting this CloudFare chart (https://t.co/yMPllx3TnM): Hate to disappoint you all ⤵️
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New Video: Ukraine's Yandex Data Centre Strikes Kill Russian Propaganda Bots Off! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4V_gIdIZUU #UpdateExtra #UkraineWar #Yandex #RussianBots #CyberWarfare #Geopolitics
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"It’s not connected to “bots” posting on social media", says @theverge.com
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Ukraine just hit another Yandex data center inside Russia, and Cloudflare data shows automated traffic coming from Yandex's network has collapsed to roughly 0.4% of its recent peak. For some perspective, researchers have previously estimated that bots generated roughly 21-29% of U.S. Twitter conte...
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"Yandex Strikes Caused Russian Bot Activity To Drop By 50 Percent" Is FALSE. buff.ly/Pa7fvr8 Rapid-response fact-check: "Ya...
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We leaned just how easy data centers were to attack in the early days of the Iran war. Now Ukraine really pushing attacks on Russian data centers. “Data is the new oil” but for armed conflict.
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I'm testing the Russian bots, because traffic from Yandex bots is currently close to zero (check Cloudflare Radar). That's because Ukraine has imposed a ban on them — by firepower. So I'm going to say the following things, which will most likely generate organic, authentic, human traffic, but with...
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📉 Bot traffic from Yandex's network has dropped to almost zero after an attack on a data center in Vladimir. This is the third attack on Yandex's data centers since October 8. Bot traffic is automatic requests to websites from programs — search crawlers, services, parsers.
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BREAKING: Ukraine just hit another Yandex data center inside Russia, and Cloudflare data shows automated traffic coming from Yandex's network has collapsed to roughly 0.4% of its recent peak. The amount of Russian bots on social media is truly insane.
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