Drone strike on VKontakte data center causes blackout in St. Petersburg

rbc.ua (Ukrainian) —

Drones struck a data center for the Russian social network VKontakte in the Leningrad region overnight, causing a major service outage and leaving parts of St. Petersburg without power. The attack, reported by RBC-Ukraine, likely hit the 330 kV "Vostochnaya" substation near the facility. Users reported widespread disruptions to VKontakte and its related services, which are used by tens of millions of people. The same night saw mass drone attacks on Moscow and the Leningrad region, including a possible strike on an oil port. This follows recent drone attacks on data centers for Sberbank and Yandex.


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