Reports say Russian disinformation bot traffic fell sharply after Ukrainian drone strikes hit data centers

Reddit posts claim Ukrainian drone strikes crippled multiple data centers of 'Russia's Google', reportedly nearly eliminating Russian disinformation bot traffic overnight. The claims are unconfirmed by the items shown.

Timeline

1. 11 Oct, 13:17 UTCReddit claims bot traffic nearly eliminated
2. 14 Oct, 07:16 UTCFirst appeared on r/AussieMemes
3. 14 Oct, 20:10 UTCPicked up on Google Trends
4. 14 Oct, 20:10 UTCPicked up on News

Top sources

• ukraine strikes yandex data centresGoogle Trends
• Ukraine Hits Russia’s $1 Billion Sberbank Mega Data Center in New Drone Striker/worldnews
• Russian bot farms = PHON supporters?r/aussie
• RIP Russian bot farmsr/AussieMemes
• Russian disinformation bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centersr/technology
• Russian disinformation bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple Russian data centers.r/SipsTea
• Yandex outage: Data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots went on the moveCloudflare Blog
• Is Zelensky right to say data centre strikes have taken down Russian bots?BBC