Russians complain of outages affecting VK social media platform following Ukrainian attack
Users of the Russian social media platform VKontakte have been complaining of disruptions following a Ukrainian attack on a VK data centre in St Petersburg.
Source: Latvia-based Russian media outlet Meduza; Ukrainian defence company Fire Point
Details: The outage-monitoring service Detector404 recorded a spike in complaints about VKontakte and VK Music.
Users have mainly reported problems loading their news feeds and playing music.
Quote from Meduza: "Complaints began after an overnight attack by Ukrainian drones on the VK data centre in Petersburg. It is unclear whether the complaints are linked to the attack. The company itself said its services are operating as usual."
Details: Fire Point, meanwhile, reported that Ukrainian defence forces used FP-1 drones to simultaneously strike several targets in Russia's oil and digital infrastructure overnight on 17-18 October.
The attack targeted the VKontakte data centre, the Ruchyi oil depot and the Petersburg Oil Terminal with a throughput capacity of 12.5 million tonnes per year.
Fires broke out at the oil terminal and the oil depot, and serious damage to the data centre was also reported.
Background:
- On the night of 17-18 October, more than 100 drones attacked Leningrad Oblast. The St Petersburg Oil Terminal caught fire and power supply disruptions were recorded.
- Russian online marketplace Ozon reported an attack on one of its logistics centres in St Petersburg overnight.
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