Russia's Yandex data center was attacked by a drone for the first time, operations suspended for repairs
Quick Look
- The data center of Russian technology company Yandex in Lishan was attacked by a drone and caused a fire, causing a complete suspension of operations.
- The company said core consumer services were not affected and repair work was currently underway.
- This is a rare drone attack on a data center in Russia.
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Why It Matters
Yandex is a major Russian AI and technology company that operates the generative AI model YandexGPT. Russia has recently launched a series of attacks on Ukrainian data centers.
Yandex, Russia's top artificial intelligence (AI) and technology company, said today that its large data center in the country's Ryazan region was attacked by a drone.
Reuters reported that Yandex also pointed out that the attack caused a fire, which forced the complete suspension of data center operations, and said that the company is currently dealing with the aftermath and repairing the affected services.
YandexGPT is Russia's top generative AI model and is operated by Yandex. The company stated that its core consumer services have not been affected.
The attack on the Yandex data center occurred after Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukrainian data centers in recent weeks. Prior to this, there had never been a large-scale incident in which a Russian data center was attacked by a Ukrainian drone.
The Yandex cloud service webpage shows that there is a power supply problem in one "area" of the data center, and users are advised to use other areas.
Open Questions
- What is the specific extent of hardware damage caused by the attack?
- Estimated time required for repair service?
