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Ukrainian drones hit Sberbank data center after Yandex attacks

The Moscow Times reports the strike followed earlier Ukrainian attacks on Yandex, widening a war that now targets Russian digital infrastructure; whether services were disrupted is unclear.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTo Russia now, where The Moscow Times reports Ukrainian drones struck a Sberbank data center, following earlier attacks on facilities tied to Yandex.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA data center. So the target was a very large room full of fans.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA room that holds a major bank's systems, Hank, which is why the strike is being read as an escalation of both the cyberwar and the physical one.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEscalation. Of the fans.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe report doesn't say what damage was done or whether services were disrupted, so that stays unconfirmed this morning.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI only ask because somebody has the overnight shift in that building, and nobody ever briefs the overnight shift.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have been the overnight shift in a few buildings, and you're right, nobody does.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd somewhere a customer just wants to know why their transfer is pending.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPending is the one word every government and every bank shares. It has outlasted several regimes.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the cloud finally has a border.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe cloud always had an address, Hank. It's just that now somebody has the coordinates.

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The story so far

  1. Ukraine drones hit Yandex AI data center, Ars Technica says · Ars Technica
  2. Russian search engine Yandex struggles after Ukrainian strikes · BBC
  3. Ukraine strikes Russian data centre again despite Trump warning · BBC
  4. Ukraine strikes Yandex data centers; Qantas bedbug grounding · The Moscow Times
  5. The Yandex outage probably didn't blitz Russian bots · The Verge
  6. Russian bot farms still trolling after Ukraine's drone strikes on… · The Verge
  7. Ukrainian drones hit Sberbank data center after Yandex attacks (this story)

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