The Yandex outage probably didn’t blitz Russian bots

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: The Verge

What happened

Multiple Ukrainian drone strikes over the last week have taken Russian data centers offline and reportedly caused online bot traffic to plummet - but in reality it's probably not the kind of bot activity most people associate with Russia.

Key facts

  • Reported by The Verge and published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:43:07 UTC.

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Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

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