Yandex Cloud restores 90% client data access post-attack

Yandex Pay restored its main functions after a drone attack on the data center caused an outage.

Consensus

Yandex Cloud restored access to 90.46% of client data after attacks on data centers
The restoration followed drone attacks on three Yandex data centers in October
Access to some data and services was restored in a phased manner starting October 23
Yandex Pay, Yandex 360 and Yandex Direct resumed key functions after the outage
Some services remained partially unavailable despite recovery efforts

The new location for data and services became operational on October 23 — interfax
Yandex Cloud notified users about restoration via email — vedomosti
Yandex Cloud restored some corporate AI services on October 14 — vedomosti
Yandex waived fees for Yandex Cloud and Yandex 360 users during the outage — vedomosti
Some platform functions were intentionally limited to maintain core service stability — vedomosti
The most important functions of Yandex Pay, including payments and transfers, were working since the start of the previous week — vesti
Yandex 360 restored access to core features like Mail, Disk, Docs, Calendar, Tracker, and Telemost — m24
Yandex Go services including taxi, food delivery, and carsharing are fully available again — m24
Yandex Direct restored full functionality for advertisers — m24
Yandex reported fire-related disruptions at a data center in Ryazan on October 8 — m24