Elon Musk, The Billionaire Owner of X, Claimed on Monday that the social networks Platform had the target of a “massive cyberattack” After Outages Left It Unavailable for Thousands of Users.
“There is (still is) a massive cyberattack against X,” Musk Said in a blog post.
“We get Attacked Every Day, but this was done with a lot of resources,” He Claimed, Adding That “Ether a Large, Coordinated Group and/Or a Country is involved.”
Musk Blames “IP Addresses in Ukraine”
Later, in a meeting with Fox Business, Musk Said the Computer Systems Used In The Alleged Attack Appeared to Have IP Addresses in Ukraine But Did not Immediately Provide Any Evidence for His Claim.
However, some cybersecurity Experts worried that this does not always imply that the Attack Originated in Ukraine.
Nearly 40,000 customers Initally Reported Problems with X at the Peak of the Outage at Around 10 am United States East Coast Time (2 PM UTC) on Monday, According toTracking Site Downetector com.
The number after that varied, going down substantially prior to increasing around twelve noon to virtually 35,000 and after that dropping once more.
X, Formerly Twitter, Has Experienced Several Glitches Since Tech Mogul Musk Acquired the Platform in 2022.
Edited by: Louis Oelofse