'We are not giving up': Russian hosting giant Beget has cloud platform wiped in major cyberattack

Russian hosting provider Beget experienced a major cyberattack on November 1st, 2026, causing severe disruption to its operations. Thousands of websites were affected, as well as cloud storage, VPS hosting, and Kubernetes servers. The attack coincided with a series of drone and online attacks targeting Russian tech companies, allegedly orchestrated by Ukraine-based attackers or anti-Putin elements within Russia.

The company's entire infrastructure was compromised, rendering websites, cloud storage facilities, VPS hosting, and Kubernetes container hosting inaccessible. The full extent of the damage took days to assess, with over 1,000 servers requiring physical inspection. This suggests either lasting impact from the attack or existing vulnerabilities, possibly due to unpatched exploits.

Beget, subject to EU sanctions for providing hosting services in Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk, issued a resolute statement declaring, "We are not giving up and are continuing to look for ways to recover this data." However, restoring all services will be a lengthy process, as over 1,000 servers must be manually inspected. Most data should be recoverable from backups for the majority of virtual hosting and cloud infrastructure, but the process will be prolonged due to the vast volumes involved.

Nevertheless, Beget's recovery efforts are complicated by its organizational structure and data prioritization. Many customers lack disaster recovery plans, making them susceptible to systemic risks. Anatoly Sazonov, Head of the Department of Compliance with the Softline Group of Companies, explained, "Beget's mass failure is an example of a systemic risk arising from a high business dependency on a single provider.

If a website, corporate mail, databases, and other services are hosted on one site, the provider's problems can cripple multiple areas of business simultaneously."

Founded in 2007, Beget has grown to become Russia's second-largest domain registrar for .ru domains, controlling 14.7% of the market and offering web hosting, cloud computing, and other services. As per protocol, Beget has urged customers to change passwords and update or remove sensitive information from its cloud servers. The firm has already faced challenges in 2026, having been targeted by EU sanctions for hosting services in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories.

The motivation behind the recent cyberattack—whether it was retaliation for sanctions or a broader cybercrime operation—remains unclear.