Cloudflare data shows malicious bots migrated during Yandex outage
Cloudflare reports that during strikes on Yandex data centers, malicious bots did not go offline but instead moved to other networks.
Briefing
- Cloudflare Bot Management: Cloudflare reports that during strikes on Yandex data centers, malicious bots did not go offline but instead moved to other networks.
Why it matters
The finding challenges the assumption that infrastructure attacks on major Russian tech firms disrupt bot operations. Instead, it suggests that malicious botnets are resilient and can quickly reroute, meaning defenders cannot rely on takedowns of single providers to reduce bot traffic. This has implications for how anti-bot strategies are designed during geopolitical disruptions.
Sources
- Primary source · Cloudflare Bot Management · 2026-10-14 — Yandex outage: Data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots went on the move
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