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Ukraine Strikes Yandex Data Centers
Ukraine's drone strikes on Yandex data centers cut Russian bot traffic by 99%.
In brief
Ukraine's drone strikes on Yandex data centers cut Russian bot traffic by 99%. Ukraine's drone attacks on Yandex data centers reduced Russian bot traffic by 99%. Originally reported by Mashable.
Ukraine drone strikes
Ukraine's drones targeted three Yandex data centers in Russia over the past week.
Yandex services disrupted
Yandex's AI chatbot and smart home devices faced outages after the strikes.
Zelenskyy notes drop
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said Russian bot activity fell on social media after the strikes.
Bot traffic decline
Cloudflare Radar data showed Yandex's automated traffic dropped to 0.3 percent of peak levels.
Russian bot traffic
Yandex's network traffic fell 88.2 percent from the previous week's peak by Oct. 11.
Traffic drop explained
The strikes halted Yandex's search engine crawlers, reducing automated traffic globally.
What happened next
Ukraine's strikes on Yandex data centers cut Russian bot traffic by 99%.
What it means
Ukraine's drone attacks on Yandex data centers reduced Russian bot traffic by 99%.
