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Ukraine targets Yandex data centers, disrupting Russian web services

Strikes on at least three major Russian data centers have cascaded into widespread outages affecting everyday internet use across Russia.

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What to know

  • Ukraine struck at least three Yandex data centers, causing cascading outages across Russian web services.
  • The attacks exposed critical weaknesses in Russia's centralized internet architecture under a single company.
  • Widespread disruption affected applications and services used in daily life across Russia.

“Ukrainian forces have targeted at least three major data centers owned by Russian web giant Yandex over the past week.”

Le Monde · Le Monde EN ↗ · Oct 12

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    Strikes expose centralization vulnerabilities in Russian internet infrastructure — Analysis shows that Kyiv's attacks exposed weaknesses in the Kremlin's strategy to consolidate internet services under a single company, with the concentrated architecture amplifying the impact of the strikes.

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    1. 1 outlet How Ukraine’s data centre strikes threw Russia into turmoil

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