At the end of February 2022, user data became public due to the actions of attackers who attacked third-party hosting, which hosted the company's virtual machines with access to the internal system.
“At the same time, the infrastructure of Yandex was not compromised ... So far, we can only confirm that we received the status of a victim in this case,” the company told RIA Novosti.
Yandex also noted that they immediately contacted law enforcement agencies upon the incident and sent warnings to users whose data was compromised.
“According to our statement, a criminal case was initiated.
The official investigation is still ongoing, and we will definitely share its results as soon as the opportunity arises, ”the company added.
Earlier, the justice of the peace of the court district of the Zamoskvorechye district in Moscow fined the Yandex.Food service for leaking user data by 60,000 rubles.
In August, the court district of the Airport district in Moscow also fined the food delivery service Delivery Club 80,000 rubles for leaking personal data.