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Ukraine drone strikes on Yandex data centers linked to bot traffic drop
Original: Did Ukraine's drone strikes on Yandex data centers silence Russian bots?
Reports say Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex data centers in Russia coincided with a sharp decline in automated bot traffic online, prompting discussion that the attacks disrupted Russian propaganda and spam operations. Commenters are debating how much of the traffic drop was really bots, and whether hitting data infrastructure can meaningfully degrade information operations.
Why now: People are debating whether the observed bot traffic decline can plausibly be attributed to the strikes on Yandex infrastructure.
Evidence
- Did Ukraine's drone strikes on Yandex data centers silence Russian bots? · ryan_j_naughton · 11
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