Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centers like Yandex caused a noticeable drop in Cloudflare bot traffic, but The Verge debunks the assumption that these are Russian disinformation bot farms—the traffic likely stems from other sources. The viral chart showing a bot decline has been misinterpreted by many as evidence of disrupted propaganda operations.
Background
Yandex is Russia's largest technology company, often called 'Russia's Google,' operating critical search, cloud, and data center infrastructure. The Ukraine-Russia conflict has increasingly targeted Russian digital infrastructure with drone strikes.
- Source
- The Verge
- Published
- Oct 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10