Ukrainian drones struck a data center belonging to the Russian technology company Yandex overnight on Thursday in the town of Sasovo in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow. A fire broke out on the premises after the attack, affecting part of the center's infrastructure. The company stated that no casualties were reported in the incident. Le Figaro ↗
Yandex is one of the largest technology companies in Russia and operates internet services, data storage, and infrastructure used by artificial intelligence. Following the fire, operations at the data center had to be suspended. The outage subsequently affected part of the company's internet services, and some websites were temporarily unavailable. irozhlas.cz ↗
The data center is located on the premises of the Sasta machine-building plant in Sasovo. Russian media reported that the attack may have also hit other facilities in the area, including an oil site, but these reports were not confirmed in greater detail in the available information. novinky.cz ↗
The incident represents one of the most significant attacks on Russian digital infrastructure since the start of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Neither Kyiv nor Moscow provided detailed official statements on the course of the attack in the reports cited. The extent of the damage to the technical equipment and the time needed to restore the data center to full operation remain unknown for now. n-tv ↗
Ukrainian drones struck a data center belonging to Yandex
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Ukrajina zaútočila na datové centrum ruského Yandexu
novinky.cz
| 11:04 08.10.
V Rusku hoří závod s datovým centrem, Kyjev hlásí mrtvé
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| 09:03 08.10.
Data v ohrožení. Rusové sčítají škody po nečekaném útoku
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| 10:22 08.10.
Krieg gegen die Ukraine - Ukraine beschädigt russisches Datenzentrum
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ONLINE: Ukrajinci zasáhli giganta Yandex. Ten hlásí výpadky internetových služeb
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