March 10, 2025
Twitter X Hit by Massive Cyber Attack, Musk Responds
In an unprecedented event, Twitter X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, was partially crippled by a massive cyber attack on Monday, causing widespread outages and preventing users from posting or viewing new content. The attack, which began early in the morning, led to significant disruptions across the platform, with users reporting issues from various parts of the world.
Elon Musk, the CEO of X, took to the platform to address the situation. "There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X," Musk tweeted. "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. Tracing…" Musk's comments highlight the severity of the attack and the potential involvement of a highly organized group or even a nation-state.
The hacking group known as Dark Storm Team has claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it was a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack aimed at overwhelming the platform's servers. This marks the third significant disruption to X's service in a single day, with more than 40,000 reports of issues flooding in during the peak of the outage.
As the X team works to trace the origin of the attack and restore full functionality to the platform, users are left grappling with the impact of this major cyber incident. The attack has raised concerns about the security of social media platforms and the increasing sophistication of cyber threats.
This developing story underscores the challenges faced by tech companies in safeguarding their platforms against cyber attacks and the critical importance of robust cybersecurity measures in today's digital landscape.
