X Under Attack—Dark Storm Says It Was Behind Musk Platform DDoS

Who was really behind the massive X cyberattack? Here’s what experts say about Elon Musk’s claims

A large-scale cyberattack caused multiple X outages on Monday 10 March. But is it really possible to identify where the attack originated?

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…

A team of pro-Palestinian pirates, potentially linked to Russia, claimed the global breakdown of X. Specialisee in the DDoS attacks, it mainly targets Israel and its supporters.

On Monday, the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, was hit by a massive hacker attack. Its owner Elon Musk pointed to Ukraine as a possible culprit. However, security experts from Check Point warned that the pro-Palestinian hacking group Dark Storm Team was behind the cyberattack.

X outage: Who are hackers 'behind massive cyber attack' on Elon Musk's social media platform?

Dark Storm Team claimed it was behind the attack and has previously targeted Israeli hospitals and US airports, according to cyber security experts.

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X

Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.