Yandex Parsing 2022

In 2022 a massive scraping operation targeted the Yandex Reviews platform. This incident involved the automated collection of user data via parsing techniques. The resulting dataset contains approximately 5 million records. The exposed information includes mobile phone numbers linked to user nicknames and direct links to public profiles. This data collection allows for the deanonymization of users who left reviews on various services and businesses within the Yandex ecosystem. The scale of the incident highlights vulnerabilities in how public profile data can be aggregated for malicious use or marketing purposes.