Yandex outage: bots moved instead of going dark
The gist
Drone strikes knocked out three Yandex data centers, cutting automated traffic to 0.4%.
The drop is real, but whether it means Russian bots went quiet is unproven.
How it unfolded
- Oct 7, 2026 -8, 2026A drone strike hits Yandex's largest data center in Sasovo, Ryazan region, which housed two of its three supercomputers, Lyapunov and Chervonenkis. Yandex says damage was serious enough that it could not confirm whether damaged equipment could be restored at the site.
- Oct 8, 2026Automated HTTP requests attributed to the Yandex network fall to approximately 57% of their previous two-week peak.
- Oct 9, 2026A drone strike hits Yandex's Kaluga data center, about 220 miles west of Sasovo, knocking the facility offline.