On October 8, 2026, following an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a Yandex data center, a massive outage occurred within the company. This led to the unavailability of many services and infrastructure associated with Yandex Cloud.
Consequences of the Data Center Attack
As a result of the attack that took place on the night of October 8, users faced severe access issues to various company services. Specifically, the following became unavailable:
- databases;
- cloud services;
- artificial intelligence systems;
- security systems;
- monitoring.
These issues have impacted the operations of many businesses that rely on Yandex's infrastructure for their operations.
Company's Response
At this time, Yandex has not provided official comments regarding the situation and the timeline for restoring its services. However, it is clear that the scale of the problem requires urgent measures to address the aftermath of the attack.