Yandex bot traffic down 99% after data center attack

What happened

Key facts

• Article URL: https://radar.cloudflare.com/bots/as13238?dateRange=7d#bot-traffic Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051532 Points: 159 # Comments: 51…
• Reported by Hacker News and published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 04:54:12 UTC.

Why it matters

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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• Independent testing or verification of the claims made
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Coverage timeline

When each newsroom published on this story, oldest first — all times UTC.

1. 22:33 UTC · Hacker News

   Google is illegaly cutting forest to build data centers

2. 04:54 UTC · Hacker News

   Yandex bot traffic down 99% after data center attack

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Google is illegaly cutting forest to build data centers

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/06/google-datacentres-finland-temporary-halt-environmental-impact-assessment Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50048638 Points: 366 # Comments: 95…

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