Russia’s Yandex says nearly 3% of cloud customer data lost after attacks

Russian technology giant Yandex has restored 97.16% of customer data in its Yandex Cloud service after drone attacks hit its infrastructure in October, while the rest is permanently lost, the company said on Tuesday.

“The remaining 2.84% cannot be recovered due to critical damage to equipment and the absence of backups on the platform by customers,” the company said in its statement.

Three Yandex data centres were damaged in Ukrainian drone strikes in early October, causing disruptions to infrastructure and services, primarily Yandex Cloud.