Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine
When Russia began attacking Ukrainian data centers and telecommunication infrastructure, it apparently failed to prepare for possible retaliation.
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Key points
- Now Russia’s digital services are facing widespread outages after Ukrainian drone strikes knocked out three of the largest data centers owned by Russian tech giant Yandex within several days.
- Pro-Kremlin bloggers are warning that Russia’s centralized digital economy could collapse, because the country is not prepared for the “data center war” it started, according to posts translated by the pseudonymous independent researcher ChrisOwiki.
- Russia initially launched a drone strike campaign targeting Ukrainian data centers and mobile phone networks in late September.
- The attacks temporarily disrupted Internet and cell phone service for up to 100,000 households in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and came as part of a broader long-range strike campaign that has involved Russian missiles and jet-powered drones hitting Ukraine’s power grid infrastructure, transportation hubs, and even residential apartment building blocks.
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- [1]Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with UkraineArs Technica: AI · Oct 12, 05:52 PM
When Russia began attacking Ukrainian data centers and telecommunication infrastructure, it apparently failed to prepare for possible retaliation.
Now Russia’s digital services are facing widespread outages after Ukrainian drone strikes knocked out three of the largest data centers owned by Russian tech giant Yandex within several days.
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