Yandex outage: data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots moved

When strikes hit Yandex data centers, many assumed Russian bot operations went dark. Cloudflare data reveals that while search crawling stopped, malicious bots simply migrated to other networks.
285 points by coloneltcb 7 days ago blog.cloudflare.com 119 comments

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Despite the assumption that Yandex’s outage would silence Russian bots, Cloudflare data shows these malicious operations adapted by shifting to alternative networks. This shift highlights the resilience and adaptability of cyber threats in the face of infrastructure challenges.

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