Yandex said it has restored all services for users and businesses after the October attacks on data centers. Key features are already available, and engineers continue to bring back the full scope of capabilities. The company assesses the consequences and focuses on increasing the resilience of the infrastructure - moving to a more distributed model. From October 8 to October 11, three data centers of Yandex were under UAV attacks: in Susovo (Ryazan region), Kaluga and Vladimir. The work of two of them was stopped, and several modules were disabled in Kaluga. The malfunctions affected not only the company's own services, but also other RuNet resources. The head of the Ministry for Digital Development, Shadev, called the attack unprecedented. The transition to a decentralized model is a move away from a centralized infrastructure, which has been proven to be vulnerable. One hit to a large data center and access to services for millions of users (including businesses) could be disrupted. The decentralized model reduces risks, but requires time and investment. ***.
Crimeans have long had questions about Yandex. But despite this, we wish the company to quickly find effective protection solutions. Because the problems of this big player make the whole system more vulnerable.