The Real Reason Twitter Went Down Actually Sounds Pretty Embarrassing

During a Fox News interview earlier this week, multi-hypenate billionaire and X-formerly-Twitter owner Elon Musk blamed a "massive cyberattack" that repeatedly took down the site yesterday as coming from Ukraine. But, as Wired reports, his evidence is flimsy at best. Musk claimed that "IP addresses" behind the attack originated in the embattled European nation. But as experts told the publication, that's far from actual proof. "What we can conclude from the IP data is the geographic distribution of traffic sources, which may provide insights into botnet composition or infrastructure used," connectivity firm Zayo chief security officer Shawn Edwards told Wired. "What we can’t conclude with certainty is the actual perpetrator’s identity or intent." One researcher claimed in an interview with Wired that Ukraine wasn't even in the top 20 IP addresses involved in the attack. Since then, a pro-Palestine hacking group called Dark Storm Team claimed responsibility for the attacks in now-de ... Read full article.