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# Jeremiah Fowler: 'russian bot traffic has dropped to 49%' after the Yandex data-center strike

Jeremiah Fowler Security Researcher (@yoda69), X, 2026-10-08.
Source: https://x.com/yoda69/status/2108280211863421355

## Why it matters

Most-viewed X post on the Yandex data-center strikes (2.75M views); an unverified reading of Cloudflare data.

## Summary

Jeremiah Fowler (profile name: 'Security Researcher') claims, citing 'Cloudflare Data Explorer', that 'the amount of russian bot traffic has dropped to 49%' after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center, and asks whether this could 'disrupt the midterm elections in the US'. The figure and the election link are the author's own reading and are not verified; Cloudflare Radar's own post (see x-cloudflareradar-2108122893028671604) only reports that traffic from Yandex Cloud (AS200350) fell about 33% below the previous week.

_Metrics read 2026-10-12 via api.fxtwitter.com: 2,750,693 views, 12,187 likes._

## Archived text

> According to Cloudflare Data Explorer the amount of russian bot traffic has dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center. Could this disrupt the midterm elections in the US?

Archived 2026-10-12 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 2,753,772 views, 12,200 likes, 2,842 reposts, 303 replies (at fetch time)
Media: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HUIdlQLWoAAhCuc.jpg?name=orig

## Cited in

- 2026-10-08: [Drones hit Yandex's Sasovo data center, home to two of its AI supercomputers](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-08-drones-strike-yandex-sasovo-data-center/)