What Happened
Russian cloud provider Yandex confirmed that drone attacks damaged three of its data centers, forcing the company to shut down two facilities completely and partially disable a third. Users lost access to cloud-stored files during the outage, highlighting how physical infrastructure damage can disrupt cloud services just as effectively as a cyberattack.
Why SMBs Should Care
This incident is a stark reminder that cloud services depend on physical infrastructure vulnerable to more than just ransomware or DDoS attacks. For SMBs relying on any cloud provider, the lesson is clear: your backup and disaster recovery strategy must account for provider-level failures, whether from geopolitical events, natural disasters, or infrastructure attacks. A single-vendor cloud strategy leaves you exposed. Best practice means maintaining backups across multiple providers or hybrid environments, testing recovery procedures regularly, and ensuring critical data isn't solely dependent on one service's availability. Geographic and vendor diversity matters.
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