Elon Musk points to Ukraine as the "perpetrator" of the cyberattack on X that resulted in the social network's malfunctioning worldwide.
“Well, we’re not sure exactly what happened,” he told Fox Business Network on Monday afternoon. “But there was a massive cyberattack that tried to bring down the X system with IP addresses originating from the Ukraine region,” he added, saying the platform is now operating normally.
X went down on Monday, causing users to experience problems for several hours.
As the world's richest man and owner of the social network claimed, so many resources were involved in the hack that he estimates it could only be the work of a "coordinated group" or a foreign country.
The hack came amid strained relations between Kiev and Washington. Last month, President Donald Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" and their meeting at the White House was disastrous, with the Ukrainian coming under fire from the US president and vice president.
Donald Trump and JD Vance spoke disparagingly to Zelensky and in a very stern tone, in front of the cameras, with him trying to defend himself, while also accusing him of... ingratitude.
Musk then called Zelensky "evil" and accused him of promoting an "eternal war" with Russia. "Zelensky wants an eternal war, an endless meat grinder with a flag. This is satanic."
In October, Musk called for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia and added: "We are sleepwalking towards World War III with one stupid decision after another."
Dark Storm Team hackers and X
According to a post on Monday afternoon, however, behind the attack on X is the Dark Storm Team, a pro-Palestinian hacker group.
Dark Storm Team has no known ties to Ukraine or to hackers inside the country. The group is known for targeting those who support Israel's military actions in Gaza.
Cybersecurity group SpyoSecure claimed to have spoken to the leader of Dark Storm Team, who revealed that he launched a DDOS attack on X.
A DDOS attack is essentially a traffic jam on the internet, intentionally caused to shut down websites. In these attacks, the hacker sends thousands or even millions of fake bots to flood the website. This results in the website being overwhelmed so much that it slows down or crashes completely, making it impossible for real users to log in to X.
Source: iefimerida.gr
