r/sysadmin • u/xendr0me Sr. Sysadmin • 1d ago

General Discussion Russian Bot Traffic drops to near 0 after strike

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u/AndroTux 1d ago

This post is spreading as much misinformation as Russian bots are:

  1. The graph only shows traffic from Yandex. You know, the company that got hit by bombs.
  2. All traffic from Yandex is down, not just bots. Implying that it's only bot traffic is misleading.
  3. The "bot traffic" in question is just automated requests, not social media/hacking bot farms as the title implies.
  4. If measuring Russian bot traffic in general, Yandex being down has almost no impact, as others have pointed out already. So "Russian Bot Traffic drops to near 0 after strike" is just objectively wrong.
  5. Even the linked Reuters story is wrong, because Yandex has now been hit three times, not twice.

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u/xendr0me Sr. Sysadmin 1d ago

"This post is spreading as much misinformation as Russian bots are"

The post is accurate information, bombs hit a DC, Yandex bot traffic went to near zero. Those are facts. Your adding in context regarding the traffic that my post made no claims about.

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u/AndroTux 1d ago

Your title claims "Russian Bot Traffic drops to near 0 after strike." This is a lie. And we all know what you're trying to insinuate with your post.