The Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, Berik Asylov, demanded that the Information Security Committee of the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development check the circumstances of failures in the operation of Yandex Qazaqstan services.
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The reason was a request from member of the Kurultai – the unicameral parliament of Kazakhstan – Lyazzat Zhylkybaeva, who drew attention to the disruptions on October 11. According to her, the company explained them by damage to infrastructure abroad. At the same time, the ministry stated that servers with personal data of Kazakhstani users are located within the country, but confirmed the placement of some components outside its borders. Yandex Qazaqstan explained that tasks are distributed between servers in different countries, so problems in one country can affect certain functions of services in another. The October disruptions affected, in particular, taxi ordering and food delivery.
How notes Interfax, in Kazakhstan there is a requirement obliging owners and operators of personal data databases to store and process this information on servers physically located in the country. On November 10, the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of Kazakhstan, Zhaslan Madiev, announced that by the end of the month the department plans to conduct unscheduled inspections of five Yandex legal entities.
The Prosecutor General’s Office is also conducting a comprehensive audit of the Information Security Committee itself, which is responsible for state control in the field of personal data and its protection. Within its framework, the department will study the legality of the collection, storage and transfer of personal data, as well as the completeness of measures to protect the rights of citizens. The findings will be given a legal assessment.
В Yandex Kazakhstan reported RBC that they maintain a dialogue with government agencies and are ready to provide the necessary information for verification. The company also stated that it complies with the laws of Kazakhstan and requirements for the protection of personal data.
On October 11, as a result of a UAV attack, the Yandex data center in Vladimir was damaged, the work of which had to be stopped. This was the third such incident in a few days after attacks on facilities in Sasovo, Ryazan region and Kaluga. On November 10, the company reported that after the October attacks it had restored access to 97.16% of Yandex Cloud client data. The remaining data cannot be recovered due to critical hardware damage and lack of backup copies.
More than 15 Yandex services operate in Kazakhstan, including taxis, food and goods delivery, Maps, Yandex 360, the Yandex Ads advertising platform, Yandex Cloud, a search engine and Neuro, Alice, Weather, scooter rental and Gas Stations.
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