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Ukraine's Yandex data-center strikes spark disputed claim of Russian bot collapse

GossiTheDog calls the bot-collapse story Ukrainian propaganda

6 Oct 13 2:36 PM · 2d ago · 10 articles · 39 posts · 6 sources · development 6 of 8

A prominent security researcher said the claimed drop in threat activity was pushed by the Ukrainian government and reflects confusion between search-engine bots and social media bots, not a real decline.

GossiTheDog calls the bot-collapse story Ukrainian propaganda
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“The Yandex decrease in threat activity narrative was a nonsense peddled by the Ukrainian government. People confuse legit search engine bots with social media bots.”

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Volodymyr Zelensky Ukrainian presidentYandex Targeted Russian tech companyGossiTheDog Cybersecurity researcherLukasz Olejnik Cybersecurity/OSINT researcherevacide Mastodon commentator/researcher

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1Ukrainian drones hit three Yandex data…2Russian warblogger warns of a 'data…3Viral post claims Russian bot traffic…5Analysts detail why the bot-traffic chart…6GossiTheDog calls the bot-collapse story…8Outlets converge: strikes are real…
Oct 9Oct 10Oct 11Oct 12Oct 13Oct 14yesterdaynow · 7:47 AM ET

Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 4 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 3 outlets How Ukraine's Strikes On Data Centers Disrupted Taxis, Shopping, And Business In Russia And Beyond

    first by RFE/RL, 2d ago · also Le Monde EN, Kyiv Independent

    2 more headlines
  2. 3 outlets Did Ukrainian strikes on Russian datacentres reduce online disinformation?

    first by Mastodon, 2d ago · also France 24 EN, Guardian Media

    1 more headline
  3. 2 outlets Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex

    first by Mastodon, 2d ago · also The Verge

  4. 1 outlet What the Ukrainian Strikes on Yandex Tell Us About Central Asia’s Digital Infrastructure

    first by The Diplomat, 2d ago

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