Social media platform X experienced intermittent outages on Monday, with owner Elon Musk attributing the disruption to a powerful cyberattack. He suggested that a well-funded group or even a nation-state might have been responsible. At its peak, the outage affected over 39,000 users in the U.S., according to Downdetector, before gradually subsiding. An internet infrastructure source reported that X was targeted by multiple waves of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks starting around 9:45 UTC. These attacks overwhelm systems with excessive traffic, causing service disruptions, though they do not necessarily require advanced techniques.
Musk later stated that the attack originated from IP addresses in Ukraine, but cybersecurity analysts contested this claim, pointing out that most rogue traffic came from sources in the U.S., Vietnam, and Brazil. Experts also highlighted the difficulty of tracing DoS attacks to their true origin. The incident comes amid Musk's ongoing criticism of Ukraine’s reliance on his Starlink service, which he claims is essential for its frontline operations. His comments have drawn mixed reactions, with some questioning the accuracy of his statements regarding the attack's origins.
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