Elon Musk, the owner of X, has suggested that a cyberattack causing outages on his social media platform might have originated from Ukraine. He mentioned that the attack came from “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area,” but admitted there’s no concrete evidence. The attack, which Musk described as “massive,” affected tens of thousands of users globally, with over 40,000 reporting issues. The outages were particularly severe in the US, Switzerland, and other regions. Musk speculated that the attack could be the work of a large, coordinated group or even a country, given the resources involved. This incident comes at a time when DDOS attacks have seen a significant increase, with a notable spike in 2025 due to a massive botnet in the US. Despite the platform’s official support channel being silent, X’s AI chatbot, Grok, confirmed the DDOS attack theory while also mentioning other possible motives.
MAGA AMERICAN Phyllis Herren
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19h What a shocker!!!!Elon Musk stated that Ukrainian IP addresses were involved in the massive cyberattack on X earlier today.
FOX SA
@KABBFOX29
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19h ‘MASSIVE CYBERATTACK’ | Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is blaming a “massive cyberattack” for the waves of outages impacting X on Monday. https://bit.ly/3FeOuhJ
PhilSTAR L!fe
@philstarlife
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16h Elon Musk said X was hit Monday, March 10 by a major cyberattack, raising questions as to whether the politically divisive billionaire is being targeted or his decision to gut staff at what was once Twitter is haunting the social network.READ: https://tinyurl.com/zdwt3b9z
ABC 7 Amarillo
@ABC7Amarillo
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21h Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is blaming a “massive cyberattack” for the waves of outages impacting X on Monday.
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