Russia Hit With Widespread Internet Outage Across Country

  • Digital Ministry said issue related to DNSSEC for .ru domain
  • Websites including Yandex, Sberbank and Ozon.ru affected
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Russia suffered a widespread internet outage affecting users across the country, with access to websites on the local .ru domain down.

The issue was linked to a technical problem with the .ru domain’s global Domain Name System Security Extensions, or DNSSEC, which is used to secure data exchanged in internet protocol networks, Russia’s Digital Ministry said in a statement on Telegram Tuesday.