Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine
Now Russia’s digital services are facing widespread outages after Ukrainian drone strikes knocked out three of the largest data centers owned by Russian…
Ars Technica reports: 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.
When Russia began attacking Ukrainian data centers and telecommunication infrastructure, it apparently failed to prepare for possible retaliation.
This technology story centres on Russia. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian.
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