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On March 10, 2025, the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced a significant outage, impacting thousands of users in the US and the UK. Owner Elon Musk attributed the interruption to a "massive cyberattack," claiming that IP addresses originating from Ukraine were responsible. Reports indicated that problems peaked at 40,000 on Downdetector, marking it as the most substantial disruption of service the platform had faced in years, with effects lasting for several hours. Musk stated that the attack was done with a lot of resources.

Security experts suggest a different explanation, attributing the disruption to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. This involves overwhelming X's servers with bogus traffic from numerous devices, making it difficult to pinpoint the attack's true origin. Analysts believe hackers routed traffic through hijacked IP addresses in several regions, masking their identities. A hacking group, Dark Storm Team, briefly claimed responsibility for the attack on Telegram.

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References :

• Check Point Blog: Dark Storm Team Claims Responsibility for Cyber Attack on X Platform – What It Means for the Future of Digital Security
• socradar.io: X Faces Cyberattack: Dark Storm Team Takes Credit, Musk Blames Ukraine
• Malwarebytes: X users report login troubles as Dark Storm claims cyberattack
• www.scworld.com: Disruptive DDoS attack against X claimed by pro-Palestinian hackers
• WIRED: What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X
• Threats | CyberScoop: X suffered a DDoS attack. Its CEO and security researchers can’t agree on who did it.
• eSecurity Planet: Elon Musk Blames ‘Massive Cyberattack’ for Widespread X Outage
• Rescana: X Platform Outage Due to Massive Cyberattack
• Risky Business Media: A Pro Palestinian group claims credit for the X DDoS, CISA gets a new director as DOGE fires its red teams, and Asian scam compounds keep growing.
• Blog: Pro-Palestine group hits X with massive DDoS attack
• Davey Winder: X Under Attack—Who Was Really Behind The Musk Platform Outages?
• Information Security Buzz: X Under Siege: Massive Cyberattack Sparks Widespread Outages as Experts Call Musk’s Ukraine Claims ‘Garbage’
• Schneier on Security: In a stark reminder of the growing threat posed by hacktivist groups, the pro-Palestinian Dark Storm Team has taken credit for a major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on X (formerly Twitter).
• darkmarc.substack.com: Elon Musk's X Down in Cyberattack, Amazon Hosts Stalkerware, CISA Slashes State Funding
• The Next Web: What caused the X outage that Musk is blaming on Ukraine?
• John Brandon: Elon Musk Claims Twitter (Now Called X) Was Down Due To A Cyberattack
• www.techradar.com: Who was really behind the massive X cyberattack? Here’s what experts say about Elon Musk’s claims

Classification:

• HashTags: #Cyberattack #DDoS #XOutage
• Company: X
• Target: Platform
• Attacker: Dark Storm
• Product: X
• Feature: DDoS
• Type: Hack
• Severity: Medium