{
  "id": 16482407,
  "title": "Ukrainian drone attacks hammer Russia's finance ministry data center, damaged facility reportedly holds tax databases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/ukrainian-drone-attacks-hammer-russias-finance-ministry-data-center",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T14:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/ukrainian-drone-attacks-hammer-russias-finance-ministry-data-center-damaged-facility-reportedly-holds-tax-databases-facility-also-holds-other-important-state-registry-data"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ukraine has struck Russian government data centers, targeting a facility operated by the Russian Ministry of Finance in Gorodets, located 230 miles east of Moscow. This center reportedly stores crucial state registries, including the Federal Tax Service’s tax database. The damage inflicted could disrupt the operations of Russia's state information systems. This is the third Russian data center Ukraine has targeted since October, following similar attacks on other facilities. Russia's reliance on digital services makes data centers critical infrastructure, now frequently targeted in conflict. While Russia's Yandex bot traffic suffered a setback, disinformation bot networks swiftly migrated to unaffected centers. A similar incident occurred in the Middle East, where Iranian forces targeted AWS sites in the UAE and Bahrain, causing disruptions to digital services. The 12-year-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated in 2022, with drones becoming a prominent tool in the ongoing conflict.",
  "summary": "Reports say that this is one of three data centers that the Russian finance ministry operated.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/popes-envoy-becomes-first-foreign-representative-to-gain-access-to",
        "published": "2026-10-25T13:16:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "What is Russia’s Filin missile, and why are Ukrainian experts worried?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/what-is-russias-filin-missile-and-why-are-ukrainian-experts-worried",
        "published": "2026-10-25T14:07:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}