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   Catalin Cimpanu (campuscodi@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 01:32:37 JST Catalin Cimpanu

   The Russian government is now fully blocking access to YouTube. It was previously just throttling its traffic.
   A full block was initially expected in September but was accelerated after Ukrainian forces took control of Kursk, and the site began hosting videos of Russian soldiers surrendering en masse and without fighting

   https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/08/youtube-has-suddenly-stopped-working-in-russia-meduza-s-readers-describe-how-they-re-handling-the-loss-of-the-world-s-most-popular-video-streaming-service

   As soon as the block entered into effect, threat actors started spreading "YouTube accelerators" to spread malware.

   https://iz.ru/1736891/anton-belyi/inorodnoe-sredstvo-uskoriteli-youtube-kradut-lichnye-dannye-rossiian