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VK, Russian social network, faces disruptions after drone attack on data center
According to a machine-translated report from The Record, VK users reported trouble loading news feeds and listening to music after disruptions that began on Sunday, linked in the text to a drone attack on a data center.
Source: a The Record article, republished as machine translation, about VK, one of Russia's largest social networks. According to the text, the disruptions began on Sunday, when users reported difficulty loading news feeds, listening to music and accessing other features of VK's platforms. The report links the problem to a drone attack on a data center, which the text presents as the basis of the incident. The original text does not detail how long the disruptions lasted or how widespread the impact was, and this summary does not add those details. To verify, consult the original article on The Record's website by searching for its English title, and compare the date and details with other independent sources before citing. Relevance: the case shows that digital services depend on concentrated physical infrastructure, and that outages can affect users immediately. For organizations using AI, it is worth mapping which processes stop if an external provider goes offline.