X outage linked to same botnet that targeted DeepSeek in late January: Chinese cybersecurity firm

X outage linked to same botnet that targeted DeepSeek in late January: Chinese cybersecurity firm

Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) faced a massive cyberattack on Monday U.S. local time. According to a Chinese cybersecurity firm, the attack was attributed to the same main botnet that targeted Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek during the Spring Festival in late January.

X Outage: Cyber Security Expert Identifies Alleged Hackers Behind DDoS Attack On Platform

A day after social media platform X (formerly Twitter) experienced three outages, cyber security expert Baptiste Robert claimed to have identified the perpetrators behind the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.

Elon Musk's online network X struggled with technical problems for hours on Monday. The tech billionaire assumes that there was a large-scale coordinated attack - and suspects Ukraine. However, according to cyber specialists, this is unlikely.