X Under Attack—Dark Storm Says It Was Behind Musk Platform DDoS
- On Monday, March 10, 2025, X, formerly known as Twitter since its rebranding in July 2023, experienced a massive cyberattack that caused widespread technical issues globally, starting around 5:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
- The cyberattack was identified as a distributed denial of service attack, and Elon Musk confirmed the attack involved significant resources.
- Initial reports indicated around 20,000 users were affected, with the number increasing to nearly 40,000 approximately four hours later, and media outlets highlighted over 28,000 reported issues.
- Elon Musk stated, "We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources," and suggested the IP addresses originated in the Ukraine area.
- The Dark Storm Team claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Telegram and are known for advanced cyber warfare tactics, although media outlets noted Musk's claims of a cyberattack without corroborating sources.
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X suffered a DDoS attack. Its CEO and security researchers can't agree on who did it.
Social media service X was hit by a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks Monday, which rendered the platform formerly known as Twitter inaccessible at times for users with intermittent outages and errors, according to researchers. The cause of those attacks has been much harder to discern. Elon Musk, the site’s owner, described the incident as a “massive cyberattack,” but did not provide any evidence, and threat researchers have yet t…
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X outage: Who are hackers ‘behind massive cyber attack’ on Elon Musk’s – khbrknews
Elon Musk said his social media platform X was hit by a “massive cyber attack” on Monday – but who was behind it? Musk said IP addresses involved in the attack were traced to locations “in the Ukraine area” but a hacking group called Dark Storm Team claimed it was responsible, in now-deleted Telegram posts. “Twitter has been taken offline by Dark Storm Team,” a post read on the group’s account, with a screenshot showing connection problems in a …
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