Musk blames ‘massive cyberattack’ for X outages on Monday: Who’s really behind it?

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Elon Musk has blamed a “massive cyberattack” for Monday’s multiple X outages, hinting at possible nation-state involvement. Cybersecurity experts have challenged Musk’s claims, suggesting that the attack used a botnet with worldwide IPs, not just from Ukraine. Elon Musk has claimed that a “massive cyberattack” was behind Monday’s widespread outages of X (formerly Twitter). The disruption that lasted for hours affected thousands of users across different countries. A coordinated attack or what? Following the outages, Musk took to X to address the issue, stating, “There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X. 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…” Later in the day, during an interview on Fox Business Network, Musk claimed that the attack’s IP addresses had been traced to the “Ukraine area.” However, he did not provide further deta ... Read full article.