Draft:2025 Twitter cyberattack
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On March 10, 2025, a DDoS attack targeted X.[a] The site was taken down at around 7am PT (2pm GMT).[1]
Elon Musk initially claimed that the attacks were committed by a large coordinated group and/or country. He later appeared on Fox News that same day and alleged that IP addresses in Ukraine were responsible.[2] However, the Pro-Palestine hacking group Dark Storm Team claimed in a Telegram post that they were behind the attacks but later deleted their post.[3]
Downdetector showed thousands of reported outages that spiked at around 10:45pm PT (5:45am GMT). A second surge occurred throughout midday. Around 40,000 users reported they couldn't access the platform.[4][5]
See also
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[edit]- ^ Formerly known as Twitter
References
[edit]- ^ "Musk says X hit by 'cyber-attack' as thousands report outages". BBC News. March 10, 2025. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
- ^ Amanda Castro; Hannah Parry (March 10, 2025). "Elon Musk Points Finger at Ukraine for Cyber Attack on X That Caused Major Outages: Live Updates". Newsweek. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
- ^ "Pro-Palestinian group Dark Storm claims they hacked X – report". The Jerusalem Post. March 10, 2025. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
- ^ Nick Robins-Early (March 10, 2025). "Elon Musk claims 'massive cyber-attack' caused X outages". The Guardian. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ "Elon Musk blames 'IP addresses in Ukraine' after X hit by cyber attack". Sky News. March 10, 2025. Retrieved March 10, 2025.