{"id":3703,"date":"2026-10-12T19:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/the-yandex-outage-probably-didnt-blitz-russian-bots\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T19:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:43:07","slug":"the-yandex-outage-probably-didnt-blitz-russian-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/the-yandex-outage-probably-didnt-blitz-russian-bots\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yandex outage probably didn\u2019t blitz Russian bots"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Person\u2019s hands holding a phone screen with a trippy spiral background.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/STKS536_AI_HALLUCINATION_C.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cw0k0g57mk3zo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian drone strikes<\/a> over the last week have taken Russian data centers offline and reportedly caused online bot traffic to plummet &#8211; but in reality it&rsquo;s probably not the kind of bot activity most people associate with Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/data-centers\/russian-disinformation-bot-traffic-nearly-eliminated-overnight-after-ukraine-drone-strikes-cripple-multiple-of-russias-google-data-centers-ukraine-intensifies-bombing-of-yandex-data-centers-in-response-to-moscows-strikes-on-kyiv-data-centers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chart citing Cloudflare data<\/a> has been circulating around social media platforms, showing <a href=\"https:\/\/radar.cloudflare.com\/traffic\/as13238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a sharp decline<\/a> in bot traffic following attacks on Yandex servers &#8211; a technology company often described as \u00ab\u00a0Russia&rsquo;s Google.\u00a0\u00bb While many people are inferring that the chart refers to bot farms that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/7\/9\/24195228\/doj-bot-farm-rt-russian-government-namecheap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">push disinformation<\/a>, conspiracy theories, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/2\/16\/17021684\/facebook-twitter-mueller-russia-troll-factory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other harmful content<\/a> across online platforms, reputed troll farm expose \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1009594\/russian-bots-yandex-outage-drone-strikes-debunk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple Ukrainian drone strikes over the last week have taken Russian data centers offline and reportedly caused online bot 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