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Russian Data Centers Targeted by Drones, Causing Global Web Traffic Anomalies

1 report, 1 independent Updated 00:00
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What happened

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Over four days, Ukrainian drones successfully targeted three large data centers in Russia. These strikes shut down the Yandex data center in Sasovo and partially or fully disabled facilities in Kaluga and Vladimir. Following the strikes, Russian Railways and MegaFon ceased operations. Cloudflare observed that automated traffic from Yandex’s network fell by 35 per cent when Sasovo was hit, dropping to 99 per cent after Vladimir was taken offline.

From irishtimes.com

Why it matters

Some supportBrind's analysis of the reports

The strikes caused ripple effects felt in web traffic anomalies across the world. The sudden change in web activity across Europe and the United States was noted, leading to speculation about the silence of vast armies of Russian bots.

From irishtimes.com

Who's involved

  • CloudflareInternet infrastructure and website security company that monitored the traffic changes.

Who could feel it

Possible knock-on effects

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  • CloudflareSpeculative

    Cloudflare might see changes in the demand for its security protocols due to the disruption of major network traffic.

Possible ripples

Who this could reach next, traced step by step from the reporting. Possibilities worth considering, not forecasts.

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The entities involved

Coverage

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