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yandex-physical
What is happening to Yandex data centres ↗

Яндекс · 9 October 2026; updated 11 October

Primary source

Verification and limitations

Operator statement, not an independent damage assessment. Page opened and the relevant text read.

cloud-physical
What is happening to the data centres ↗

Yandex Cloud ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

The full report was retrieved and read. Statements by involved parties are not an independent audit.

reuters-sasovo
Yandex cannot yet confirm whether Sasovo equipment can be restored ↗

Reuters / MarketScreener ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

Full Reuters republication read through the web tool. Ordinary HTTP returned 403; no bypass was attempted.

kommersant-firstday
What is known about the Sasovo attack ↗

Коммерсантъ ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

The cited report was read. Statements by involved parties reflect their own assessments; no independent audit is provided. Page opened and the relevant text read.

kommersant-investigation
Sasovo data-centre attack and investigation ↗

Коммерсантъ ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

The cited report was read. Statements by involved parties reflect their own assessments; no independent audit is provided. Page opened and the relevant text read.

cloud-emergency
Emergency operation after damage to the Vladimir data centre ↗

Yandex Cloud Alerts ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

Text read in the public t.me/s/yandexcloudalerts feed; permalink identifies the individual message.

pay-integrity
We are continuing to restore Yandex Pay ↗

Яндекс / Дмитрий Пирогов ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

The full report was retrieved and read. Statements by involved parties are not an independent audit.

cloud-partners
Other cloud providers to assist Yandex Cloud customers ↗

Ведомости ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

The cited report was read. Statements by involved parties reflect their own assessments; no independent audit is provided. Page opened and the relevant text read.

shadaev
Shadayev on protecting IT infrastructure ↗

Интерфакс ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

The cited report was read. Statements by involved parties reflect their own assessments; no independent audit is provided. Page opened and the relevant text read.

cloud-billing
Cloud usage free from 8 through 31 October ↗

Yandex Cloud Alerts ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

Text read in the public feed; terms cross-checked against the official recommendations page.

cloud-recommendations
Resource-recovery recommendations ↗

Yandex Cloud · Updated 14 October 2026, 17:40; time zone unspecified

Primary source

Verification and limitations

Live page; displayed update 14 October 2026, 17:40. The heading does not specify a time zone. Page opened and the relevant text read.

cloud-ai-restored
AI-service status on 14 October ↗

Yandex Cloud Alerts ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

Text read in the public feed; operator status, not independent monitoring.

sber-attack
Sberbank confirms attack on a Saratov-region data centre ↗

Интерфакс ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

The full report was retrieved and read. Statements by involved parties are not an independent audit.

sber-balakovo
Sberbank data centre in Balakovo attacked ↗

Коммерсантъ ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

The full report was retrieved and read. Statements by involved parties are not an independent audit.

meris
Mēris botnet: joint DDoS research ↗

Qrator Labs / Yandex ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

The cited report was read. Statements by involved parties reflect their own assessments; no independent audit is provided. Page opened and the relevant text read.

eda-leak
Yandex Eats reports a data leak ↗

Яндекс ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

The cited report was read. Statements by involved parties reflect their own assessments; no independent audit is provided. Page opened and the relevant text read.

code-leak
Initial investigation findings on the code publication ↗

Яндекс ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

The cited report was read. Statements by involved parties reflect their own assessments; no independent audit is provided. Page opened and the relevant text read.

sber-ddos
Sber reports a 13-hour DDoS attack in late July ↗

ПРАЙМ / РИА Новости ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

The full report was retrieved and read. Statements by involved parties are not an independent audit.

pay-partial
Yandex Pay gradually resumes operation ↗

Интерфакс ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

The full report was retrieved and read. Statements by involved parties are not an independent audit. Pirogov’s original message was also read through the public Telegram embed.

fraud-warning
Fraud warning amid service outages ↗

CNews ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

The full report was retrieved and read. Statements by involved parties are not an independent audit.

360-fee
Fee waiver for cloud and virtual-office services ↗

Деловой Петербург ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

The full report was retrieved and read. Statements by involved parties are not an independent audit.

bot-claim
TechRadar on reduced automated traffic after data-centre attacks ↗

TechRadar ·

News report with attribution

Verification and limitations

The 0.4% is TechRadar’s claim and was not independently reproduced. The article does not measure specific program types or political accounts.

zelensky-interfax
Zelenskyy on retaliatory data-centre strikes ↗

Интерфакс-Украина ·

Primary source or directly reported statement

Verification and limitations

Full correspondent report read; page gives 21:23 without an explicit time zone.

reuters-kaluga
Reuters: Kaluga strike and customer consequences ↗

Reuters / StreetInsider ·

Primary source or directly reported statement

Verification and limitations

Full Reuters republication read, including a direct interview with Pulse’s operator and Zelenskyy’s 9 October clarification.

qrator-restored
Curator explained its fault and recovery at 16:04 ↗

Коммерсантъ ·

Primary source or directly reported statement

Verification and limitations

Full report with a direct press-office statement; updated at 20:34.

meduza-kaluga
Yandex statement about disabled Kaluga modules ↗

Meduza ·

Primary source or directly reported statement

Verification and limitations

Full text read; uses Yandex’s direct statement to the outlet, without assigning regional casualties to the data centre.

selectel-migration
Selectel infrastructure migration guidance ↗

Selectel ·

Primary source or directly reported statement

Verification and limitations

Official guide read, updated 13 October; establishes capacity constraints, not completed migration counts.

cloud-status-11
Cloud component status at 05:59 Moscow time on 11 October ↗

Yandex Cloud Alerts ·

Primary source or directly reported statement

Verification and limitations

Full message read in the public t.me/s/yandexcloudalerts feed; standalone link displays a shell.

rbc-services-11
Outage consequences and Yandex comments on returning services ↗

РБК ·

Primary source or directly reported statement

Verification and limitations

Full report read; uses Yandex’s direct replies to RBC without assigning every listed outage to one cause.

pay-original-13
Pay statement on recovery and customer terms ↗

Яндекс Пэй ·

Primary source or directly reported statement

Verification and limitations

Full original previously read through its public embed. Preserved as pay-partial-original.txt; terms apply to Pay products.

cloudflare-yandex
Bot requests from AS13238 Yandex LLC ↗

Cloudflare Radar · Checked 15 October 2026; rolling time window

Primary source or directly reported statement

Verification and limitations

Read AS13238 Yandex LLC identity and labels for automated HTTP requests from this network. The link selects the last seven days; no numerical series was obtained.

cloudflare-glossary
How Cloudflare defines bots and crawlers ↗

Cloudflare ·

Primary source or directly reported statement

Verification and limitations

Official documentation read on request classification and crawler purposes. Contains no incident-specific measurements.

solar-meris
Solar JSOC CERT on a possible Mēris–Glupteba connection ↗

Solar JSOC CERT ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

Full source read; used only for the specific statements referenced in the article.

eda-lawsuit
Yandex Eats customers’ lawsuit and court response ↗

РБК ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

Full source read; used only for the specific statements referenced in the article.

pay-product-docs
Types of Split ↗

Яндекс Пэй ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

Full source read; used only for the specific statements referenced in the article.

cloudflare-http
How Radar analyses HTTP requests ↗

Cloudflare ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

Documentation read, last updated 20 April 2026: HTTP requests reaching websites served by Cloudflare.

ai-workflows-docs
AI agents and workflow builder ↗

Yandex AI Studio ·

Primary source

Verification and limitations

Full source read; used only for the specific statements referenced in the article.

direct-reopened-oct15
Yandex service recovery: Direct statement dated 15 October ↗

РБК / RBC · Article dated 14 October, updated with a statement for 15 October 2026

Company statement supplied to RBC

Verification and limitations

Access and limitations are attributed to Yandex; no independent advertiser-account test was performed.

direct-recovery-oct14
Yandex tells RBC about advertising-service recovery ↗

РБК / RBC ·

Press-office statement to RBC

Verification and limitations

Advertising-service status reported on 14 October; subsequent Direct reopening is covered by a separate source.

yandex360-status-oct15
Yandex 360: restrictions on 15 October ↗

Яндекс 360 / Yandex 360 ·

Official statement

Verification and limitations

Limitations and the desktop Documents announcement as of 15 October; user functions were not independently tested.

yandex360-limits-oct13
Yandex 360: temporary restrictions and fee relief ↗

Яндекс 360 / Yandex 360 ·

Official statement

Verification and limitations

Explanation of disabled functions and customer compensation; this statement precedes the 15 October status review.

documents-desktop-guide
Yandex Documents for desktop ↗

Яндекс 360 / Yandex 360 · Publication date not stated; checked on 15 October 2026

Official product documentation

Verification and limitations

Used for platforms, formats and local operation. General pricing FAQ does not replace the specific announcement of 15 October.

yandex-search-crawling
How Yandex Search works ↗

Яндекс / Yandex · Publication date not stated; checked 15 October 2026

Official documentation

Verification and limitations

Explains search crawlers; not a measurement of the October events.

music-faq
Yandex Music and BandLink service update ↗

Яндекс Музыка / BandLink · Publication date not stated; checked 15 October 2026

Official statement

Verification and limitations

Live FAQ checked on 15 October. Accounting preservation and feature availability are attributed to the team.

music-analytics-doc
How artist analytics updates ↗

Яндекс / Yandex · Publication date not stated; checked 15 October 2026

Documentation

Verification and limitations

Describes normal operation, not emergency recovery deadlines.

music-page-analytics
BandLink page analytics ↗

BandLink · Publication date not stated; checked 15 October 2026

Documentation

Verification and limitations

Page visits and clicks, not music plays.

music-pitch-guide
How to pitch a release ↗

BandLink · Publication date not stated; checked 15 October 2026

Guide

Verification and limitations

Normal submission process; timelines are not guarantees during the outage.

music-user-comments
User comments about BandLink availability ↗

DownReport · Publication date not stated; checked 15 October 2026

User reports

Verification and limitations

Comments dated 11–15 October; authors not verified, not a representative sample.

music-reddit-discussion
User discussion of service availability ↗

Reddit ·

User discussion

Verification and limitations

Participants’ observations and speculation, not a technical audit.

music-fontanka-forecasts
Experts discuss possible data-centre recovery times ↗

Фонтанка / Fontanka ·

Interview

Verification and limitations

Kuskov and Murtazin forecasts; the multi-year estimate is conditional on supercomputers being destroyed.

music-rtvi-forecast
Murtazin on service recovery prospects ↗

RTVI ·

Interview

Verification and limitations

External conditional estimate, not a Yandex Music timetable.

music-2028-headline
Article carrying a 2028 recovery forecast ↗

JustMedia ·

Media report

Verification and limitations

Evidence of the forecast’s circulation; headline and body describe different timescales.

music-yandex-agreement
Yandex user agreement dated 10 October ↗

Яндекс / Yandex ·

Official document

Verification and limitations

The general agreement does not disclose individual music contracts.