Musk Blames Ukraine for X Outage, Pro-Palestinian Group Claims Attack

This incident occurred amid ongoing scrutiny of Musk’s stance on the war in Ukraine.

By DTD- On Mar 11, 2025

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk has alleged that a “massive cyberattack” originating from the “Ukraine area” was responsible for the repeated outages faced by his social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), on Monday.

Musk, speaking on Fox News, stated that the attack involved significant resources and could have been carried out by a large, coordinated group or potentially a country. He mentioned that the attack targeted the X system using IP addresses linked to the Ukraine region.

However, a pro-Palestinian hacker group, the Dark Storm Team, has claimed responsibility for the disruption. The group, known for its previous attacks on entities supporting Israel’s military actions in Gaza, confirmed it had launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on X.

Cybersecurity experts have expressed skepticism over Musk’s claims, pointing out that DDoS attacks typically do not require state-level resources. According to a source in the internet infrastructure industry, X faced multiple waves of DDoS attacks starting at 9:45 UTC, leading to widespread service disruptions. Downdetector reported that by 10 AM ET, 39,021 users in the United States were affected, though the number of disruptions reduced later in the day.

This incident occurred amid ongoing scrutiny of Musk’s stance on the war in Ukraine. Musk has publicly stated that Starlink services are vital for Ukraine’s military efforts, while also expressing doubts about the long-term sustainability of Ukraine’s resistance to Russia. His comments on X have added fuel to the controversy surrounding his political views, and the true origin of the cyberattack remains unclear.