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Beget outage disrupts websites, including the Chестный знак portal
Russian hosting provider Beget reported a major outage on November 2, affecting its services and customer websites.
Beget said the problem was complex and affected all levels of its infrastructure, but its cause was not known.
Users reported problems accessing virtual servers, domains, hosting accounts and other services.
The outage also made the Честный знак information portal inaccessible, with visitors encountering an error.
Честный знак is Russia’s system for digitally marking goods, and its operator said the portal problem was caused by the hosting provider.
The operator said the marking system and business accounts remained operational, so sales of marked goods were not affected.
Beget said engineers were manually adjusting infrastructure at data centres and working to restore service.
The company was investigating the cause and said it would provide another update when it had confirmed information.
Beget, one of Russia’s largest hosting providers, suffered a major outage on 2 November 2026.
The disruption affected hosted websites and services, including access to the information portal for the Chестный знак product-marking system.
Beget said the incident was complex and affected all levels of its architecture.
The company said engineers were manually configuring infrastructure in data centres while restoration work continued.
The operator of Chестный знак said its marking system and business users’ accounts were operating normally.
- Who
- Beget and its customers were affected. The Chестный знак system operator also commented on the portal disruption.
- What
- A major hosting outage disrupted access to Beget services and hosted websites, including the Chестный знак information portal.
- When
- 2 November 2026. Reports of problems began around 3 a.m., according to Fontanka.
- Where
- Beget’s hosting infrastructure in Russia and websites hosted on it.
- Why
- The cause was not stated. Beget said the incident was complex and affected all levels of its architecture.
Beget
Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT)
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Beget
Beget described a major, complex incident affecting all levels of its architecture and said restoration work was under way.
Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT)
CRPT said the Chестный знак marking system was stable and that only its information portal was affected by hosting problems.
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Beget
Beget said engineers were manually configuring infrastructure in data centres.
Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT)
CRPT said participant accounts and the marking system were functioning normally, with no impact on businesses or sales of marked goods.
Beget reported a major incident and said restoration work was under way.
Downdetector began recording a sharp increase in reports of problems with Beget.
Beget said the problem affected all levels of its architecture and engineers were manually configuring infrastructure in data centres.
- Incident date
- 2 November 2026
- Hosting provider
- Beget
- Reports in the last hour
- About 1,400, according to Downdetector as cited by Fontanka
- Reports in the last 24 hours
- About 8,500, according to Downdetector as cited by Fontanka
- Hosted websites
- 334,562 active sites as of October 2026, according to data cited by Meduza
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What people are saying
We have had a major incident. All resources are engaged, we are investigating the causes and doing everything possible to restore stability.
The Chестный знак marking system is operating stably.