‘Alice is still chugging along, though she’s showing clear signs of a personality breakdown’: Meduza readers describe how attacks on Yandex data centers are changing their work and daily lives
After repeated Russian attacks on data centers in Ukraine, Ukrainian forces began striking Yandex’s data centers. From October 8 to 11, Ukrainian drones reached three of the company’s data centers: in Sasovo in the Ryazan region, Kaluga, and Vladimir. A major outage followed, affecting Yandex’s services and companies that used Yandex Cloud storage. Millions of people in Russia and other countries…
Russian attacks on Yandex data centers in Ukraine have disrupted services and caused inconvenience for many users. From October 8 to 11, Ukrainian forces targeted three of the company's data centers in Sasovo, Kaluga, and Vladimir, resulting in major outages that affected Yandex's services and businesses that relied on Yandex Cloud storage.
Millions of users in Russia and other countries faced issues with taxi services, maps, cloud files, and Yandex Pay, which took until October 13 to partially restore. Users reported difficulties ordering taxis, inaccurate location data, and problems accessing their personal files on Yandex Disk. Businesses like taxi drivers and financial institutions also experienced disruptions, with some losing access to their funds and credit cards.
The attacks have forced some users to seek alternative banking options and even consider switching to other cloud storage services.
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