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## Ukrainian drones hit Yandex data centers, sparking claims that Russian troll farms went quiet

DevFeed: [Ukrainian drones hit Yandex data centers, sparking claims that Russian troll farms went quiet](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ukrainian-drones-hit-yandex-data-centers-sparking-claims-that-russian-troll-farms-went-quiet-85969.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/13/ukraine-drone-strikes-yandex-data-centers/>)

Author: Sinisa Markovic

Published: 2026-10-13T13:15:05Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Help Net Security](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/help-net-security.md>)

Topics: [data centers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-centers.md>), [Disaster Recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/disaster-recovery.md>), [yandex tracker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/yandex-tracker.md>)

Tags: [bot-traffic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bot-traffic.md>), [cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-center](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-center.md>), [disaster](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/disaster.md>), [disaster-recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/disaster-recovery.md>), [don-t-miss](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/don-t-miss.md>), [hot-stuff](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hot-stuff.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [russian-federation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/russian-federation.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [ukraine](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ukraine.md>), [yandex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yandex.md>), [yandex-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yandex-cloud.md>)

### AI overview

Drones hit three Yandex data centers in Sasovo, Kaluga, and Vladimir, leaving the cloud platform in emergency or limited mode. Yandex advised customers to use disaster recovery plans, while the company has not said whether data stored at the damaged sites was permanently lost. Viral claims that the outages silenced Russian troll farms rely on charts that reporting experts say do not establish a connection to social media bot activity.

### Source excerpt

Russian tech giant Yandex confirmed that drones hit three of its data centers, shutting down the facilities in Sasovo and Vladimir and knocking out part of the infrastructure in Kaluga. On October 11, Yandex Cloud told its customers that the platform was running in emergency mode and advised them to switch to their own disaster recovery plans, after a drone attack shut down the company's data center in Vladimir. The facility was the third Yandex ... More -> The post Ukrainian drones hit Yandex data centers, sparking claims that Russian troll farms went quiet appeared first on Help Net Security.

## Yandex confirms service outage as users lose access to cloud files

DevFeed: [Yandex confirms service outage as users lose access to cloud files](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/yandex-confirms-service-outage-as-users-lose-access-to-cloud-files-85643.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/yandex-confirms-service-outage-as-users-lose-access-to-cloud-files/>)

Author: Bill Toulas

Published: 2026-10-12T19:23:01Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [BleepingComputer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bleepingcomputer.md>)

Topics: [cloud service outage management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-service-outage-management.md>), [data centers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-centers.md>), [GCP outage lessons learned](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gcp-outage-lessons-learned.md>), [Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-infrastructure-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure-services.md>), [computer-help](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-help.md>), [computer-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-security.md>), [computers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computers.md>), [data-centers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-centers.md>), [disaster](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/disaster.md>), [disaster-recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/disaster-recovery.md>), [infosec](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infosec.md>), [infosec-computer-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infosec-computer-security.md>), [it](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/it.md>), [it-outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/it-outage.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [mac](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mac.md>), [malware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware.md>), [malware-removal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware-removal.md>), [outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outage.md>), [russia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/russia.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [spyware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spyware.md>), [support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/support.md>), [tech-support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-support.md>), [technical-support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical-support.md>), [ukraine](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ukraine.md>), [virus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virus.md>), [virus-removal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virus-removal.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>), [yandex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yandex.md>)

### AI overview

Drone attacks damaged three Yandex data centers, disrupting cloud services and leaving some customers unable to access stored files. Yandex recommended that customers use alternative disaster recovery plans and said it could not provide a reliable restoration timeline. The status update described varying availability across services, while the extent of any permanent data loss remained unclear.

### Source excerpt

Russian cloud services provider Yandex announced that drone attacks damaged three of its data centers, forcing it to shut down two facilities and partially disable a third. [...]

## IndexNow: How to notify search engines when URLs change

DevFeed: [IndexNow: How to notify search engines when URLs change](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/indexnow-89190.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://specification.website/spec/seo/indexnow/>)

Author: Joost de Valk

Published: 2026-06-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [The Website Specification](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-website-specification.md>)

Topics: [search-engines](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/search-engines.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [Search engine optimization (SEO)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/seo.md>)

Tags: [bing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bing.md>), [curl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/curl.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [optional](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optional.md>), [seo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/seo.md>), [url](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/url.md>), [yandex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yandex.md>)

### AI overview

IndexNow lets site owners notify participating search engines when URLs are added, updated, or deleted. This tutorial explains key-file verification, submitting changed URLs, handling deletions, limiting request volume, and verifying responses. Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam, and Yep participate; Google does not.

### Source excerpt

An open protocol for telling participating search engines that a URL has changed. One HTTP request pushes Bing, Yandex, Naver, and Seznam to recrawl -- Google does not participate.