“There was [et il y a encore] A massive cyber attack against X “said on Monday, March 10, Elon Musk, the owner of the social network, after hours of problems of access to the platform reported by thousands of users.
“We are attacked every day, but this attack was carried out with a lot of resources”he said. “It is either a major and coordinated group or a country. Tracking in progress… ”
Elon Musk published this message in the comments of another post establishing a link between the demonstrations against the Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE), which the billionaire directs, the Tesla stores which have been “Attacked” And the current failure on X, without providing evidence.
Claim on Telegram
Later in the day, Mr. Musk assured, on the set of Fox Business, that the attack was linked to “IP addresses located in the Ukraine region”. An assertion which actually does not give any indication on the origin of a possible attack: massive attacks of the “denial of service” type generally use networks of infected machines, making the origin of their sponsor almost impossible to determine.
An attack on X was well claimed in the evening by the Telegram channel of a group calling itself “Dark Storm team”, without it being possible to say whether the claim is authentic or opportunistic. This recent creation group, which says it is supporting the Palestinian cause, also acts for villainous motifs and has “Most likely” links with Russia, According to Orange Cyberfense.
The X service experienced several peaks of disturbances, between 11 a.m. in Paris on Monday, and 7 p.m. In the early evening, the functioning of the platform seemed to have returned to normal. The last large wave of breakdowns of the social network had taken place in March 2023.