{
  "id": 14009935,
  "title": "Diabetes patients in Russia lose access to glucose-monitoring apps after Yandex data center attacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/diabetes-patients-in-russia-lose-access-to-glucose-monitoring-apps",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T17:04:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Insider",
    "slug": "the-insider",
    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/298225"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russia's diabetes management community faces setbacks after Yandex data centers suffer Ukrainian drone attacks. The iCan sensors' service provider experienced disruptions, potentially hindering new continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors' activation and impacting iCan Health and iCan Reach apps. Continuous glucose monitors alert patients to dangerously high or low blood sugar levels, preventing life-threatening hypoglycemia. Sinocare, the maker of iCan sensors, advised users to rely on glucose meters for now until the apps and sensor activation services are restored. Complaints reported difficulties in launching the iCan 3 app and remote monitoring issues on parent's phones. This wasn't the first time CGM data access was compromised in Russia; Nightscout.online, Autotune Pro, and DiaMate bot services were also down since Oct. 8 due to a Yandex data center incident. With no set timeline for restoration, parents of children with Type 1 diabetes face challenges in remote monitoring, potentially affecting insulin administration and hypoglycemia prevention. The attacks caused widespread disruptions across six countries, including Russia's agricultural and veterinary systems. Yandex reassured customers by moving to emergency mode and seeking help from rival cloud providers to transfer affected services.",
  "summary": "Sinocare, the maker of iCan sensors, said on Oct. 11 that its service provider was experiencing problems following a series of Ukrainian drone attacks on data centers run by the Russian tech giant Yandex. iCan said the disruptions could make it difficult to activate the company’s new continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors and could also affect the iCan Health and iCan Reach apps. Continuous…",
  "key_points": [
    "Yandex data center attacks disrupt iCan sensors service, hindering CGM sensor activation",
    "Sinocare advises users to use glucose meters temporarily until apps restored",
    "CGM data access compromised in Russia before, with no restoration timeline set"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}