Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, suffered a series of outages on Monday, prompting the billionaire to claim that the site had been hit by a "massive cyberattack."

According to Downdetector.com, the first wave of disruptions began at approximately 5:30 a.m. ET, with thousands of users reporting difficulties accessing or using the platform.

The issue appeared to subside within an hour, only to resurface at 9:30 a.m., this time with over 40,000 reported outages.

By 11:10 a.m., another round of disruptions was detected, once again affecting users worldwide.

Musk addressed the situation on X later that afternoon, stating, "We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved."

Read More

  1. Sam Altman rejects Elon musk’s Sh12.58 trillion OpenAI bid with a sharp retort
  2. KQ defends blocking Nigerian passenger in sanitary pads drama at JKIA - VIDEO
  3. Kenya pushes for physical presence of social media firms to curb online misuse

However, he did not provide evidence to substantiate his claims.

Cybersecurity experts suggested that the outage was consistent with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, a tactic commonly used by hackers to flood a platform with traffic, rendering it inaccessible.

Shortly after Musk’s statement, a hacking group identifying itself as Dark Storm Team claimed responsibility for the attack via Telegram, Newsweek reported.

A post from the group declared it had successfully "taken Twitter offline," accompanied by a screenshot of a real-time connectivity status page displaying failed connection attempts from various global locations.

Dark Storm Team, founded in 2023, is known for its sophisticated cyber warfare techniques and high-profile breaches.

Orange Cyberdefense has linked the group to a pro-Palestinian agenda, reporting that it had recently pledged a series of cyberattacks targeting government websites in NATO countries, Israel, and other nations allied with Israel.

During the outages, many X users encountered error messages such as "Something went wrong. Try reloading" when attempting to access posts.

Downdetector.com reported that the app experienced around 28,570 outage reports, with 57 per cent of users encountering issues on the mobile app and 32 per cent facing difficulties on the website.

Although service was eventually restored, the incident highlighted the vulnerability of major online platforms to cyber threats, raising questions about the security measures in place to prevent future attacks.