Yandex data centre in Russia shuts down after overnight attack

Yandex's press service has said its data centre in Sasovo, Russia's Ryazan Oblast, has completely ceased operations following a drone attack in the morning. Yandex is a Russian technology company that operates a search engine and other online services.

Source: Russian state-run news agency Interfax

Quote: "An incident at the Sasovo data centre has affected part of its infrastructure. The situation at the site is currently under control, and there have been no casualties.

The team is dealing with the aftermath of the incident and restoring the affected services."

Details: Yandex stressed that its main services are operating as usual, although "some of them may be unavailable to users".

Meanwhile, graphs showing a surge in the number of user complaints about problems with Yandex services are circulating online.

Background: A fire broke out overnight at the Sasta plant in Sasovo. The site, which is important to Russia's military-industrial complex, houses a data centre operated by Yandex DC LLC. Users on social media said the plant had come under attack.

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