X platform, popularly known as Twitter experienced several outages yesterday on March 10, 2025 after an attempt by an alleged group known as the Dark Storm.
Elon Musk, the owner of the platform, said that the cyber attack aimed at bringing X down was linked to a Ukrainian IP address
” We get attacked every day but this was done with a lot of resources.” Musk said
“Either a large, coordinated group or a country is involved.” He added
The hacking group ‘Dark Storm’, has claimed responsibility for the DDoS attack on the platform through a telegram post. The disruption, which took place three times yesterday, contributed to users being unable to access the site, with many receiving error notifications or error ‘404 (Page Not Found)’.
The attack may have been fueled by various reasons. Musk, the owner of X has been working with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the authorization of President Trump, which has increased the visibility of X thereby making it susceptible to attacks by people or parties opposing Musk’s political alignment
The attack may also be an attempt to control Musk’s influence in the business sector considering the recent shades thrown to his brands like Tesla, which has been facing criticism on its safety measures put in place to protect users. Some Tesla owners have also reported their cars being vandalized by protesters.
The attack may also be politically motivated, as X is globally known as a free speech hub, mostly used by netizens to denounce bad governance. There have been posts suggesting that ‘globalists’ or ‘New World Order’ entities are working so hard to suppress the truth and silence Musk’s initiative to make X a platform for unfiltered expression.
DDoS ( Distributed Denial of Service) is a malicious attempt to flood a target with several requests, which disrupts the normal traffic of the targeted server. Such attacks are effective because they utilize multiple compromised devices as sources of attack.
Dark Storm, a pro-palestinian group formed in 2023, has a history of sophisticated cyber attacks, targeting highly protected security systems like NATO. Yesterday’s attack may be one of the several games in their books to unleash a wave of cyber warfare upon government websites of NATO countries, Israel and its supporters.
The disruption of X platform interfered with streaming of significant events such as NFL legal tampering, which left fans distraught. Various news sources indicates that the number of people looking at BlueSky, X platform rival, has escalated following X crashing repeatedly.
” This is what happens when you bankroll corrupt regimes with billions of dollars. You fund a dictatorship and they repay you with cyber attacks.” Some netizens admonished Musk
The Dark storm group may not stop anytime soon as some X services are still lagging today.
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