Three attacks in one week: Yandex data center operations suspended
No one was injured as a result of the incident, but several of the company's digital services were temporarily unavailable to users.
A data center belonging to Yandex company in the Russian city of Vladimir has ceased operations after being hit by a drone attack. Al Jazeera reported this.
According to the company's data, no one was injured as a result of the attack. Emergency services are working at the scene, and several of Yandex's services have temporarily stopped working for users. The company is assessing the possibilities of restoring the systems.
In a notification on Telegram, Yandex stated that the data center's operations have been completely halted and advised users to initiate plans for restoring systems after the emergency. Currently, the platform is operating in emergency mode. The company announced that the configuration of the remaining resources is being assessed as unstable.
It also warned that disruptions may occur when contacting technical support services during the work to determine the extent of the damage.
This is the third attack on Yandex's data centers in the past week. On Friday, the company reported that a data center in Kaluga region, located southwest of Moscow, was struck by Ukrainian drones and its operations were partially halted.
A day earlier, a Ukrainian attack had halted the operations of a Yandex data center located in the city of Sasovo in the southeast of Moscow. Two of the company's three supercomputers used in developing its artificial intelligence model are located in this center.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that Ukraine is responding to Russian attacks following the attack in Sasovo.
“We always take reciprocal measures. You know, they have been striking our data centers and continue to do so. We are also responding. I cannot disclose all the details,” Zelenskyy said.
Over the past month, Russia has struck several of Ukraine's data centers and telecommunications infrastructure facilities, including targets in central Kyiv. These attacks may be aimed at disrupting the country's communication systems and digital commerce.
