Drone attacks on data centers in Russia

Vedyakhin made statements to journalists in the capital Moscow.

Confirming the allegations of a UAV attack on the data center in the city of Balakovo in the Saratov region, Vedyakhin said, "We confirm that our data center was attacked. However, all systems and services of Sber are working normally." he said.

Russian technology company Yandex also announced that its data centers in Sasovo in the Ryazan region on October 8 and in Vladimir city on October 11 were damaged in UAV attacks and their activities stopped completely, and that its data center in the Kaluga region was also damaged in the attack on October 9 and part of its infrastructure became unusable.

While there were disruptions in some of Yandex's services following the attacks, Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitriy Peskov stated in his statement on October 13 that the issue was handled by the government and that the company was working to resolve the consequences of the attacks.