Elon Musk Claims X Was Targeted in a ‘Massive Cyberattack’ from the ‘Ukraine Area’

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Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and head of X, claimed on Monday that his social media platform was temporarily knocked offline due to a “massive cyberattack” originating from the “Ukraine area.” Speaking with Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow, Musk admitted, “We’re not sure exactly what happened,” but added, “there was a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the X system, with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area.”  

 

Cybercriminals frequently use tactics such as “spoofing” to mask their true location, creating false IP addresses to make it appear as though their attacks come from specific regions. This raises questions about whether the attack truly originated from Ukraine. Cybersecurity experts told *The Post* that it was highly unlikely that Ukrainian government-backed hackers would carry out such a large-scale operation, especially given the timing—just one day before key diplomatic talks between the United States and Ukraine were set to take place in Saudi Arabia.  

 

“It makes absolutely no sense for Ukrainian hackers to attack Elon Musk the day before a meeting between the United States and Ukraine in which they are attempting to get the United States to start sharing intelligence again, and provide aid and assistance, working towards a peace agreement that has been in question since the Oval Office visit,” said Alex Plitsas of the Atlantic Council. “The question everyone looking at this needs to ask themselves is, ‘who benefits from this?’ And it’s not Ukraine.”  

 

Some cybersecurity analysts suggested that other groups, such as the hacking collective Anonymous—known for its vocal opposition to Musk—might have had the capability and motivation to target X. However, Plitsas pointed out that only Russia would have a strong incentive to link Ukraine to the attack.  

 

“Anonymous is another likely possibility based on the statements they put out publicly and the capability and desire to hit (Musk), but in terms of who stands to benefit based on the timing—the only one is really the Russians, because doing it today would disrupt the talks that are scheduled for tomorrow,” Plitsas explained. “The only people that would stand to benefit from that would be the Russians in the sense that they’re blaming the Ukrainians, so they would want the Ukrainians to look bad and disrupt the talks.”  

 

Additionally, with the United States having recently halted offensive cyber operations against Moscow, Russian cyber actors may have had more resources available to conduct such an attack.  

 

Throughout Monday, thousands of users reported outages on X. According to DownDetector.com, reports of platform disruptions began at 6 a.m., with over 40,000 users experiencing issues by 10 a.m. An additional 25,000 users reported problems with the X app later in the day.  

 

By late afternoon, the platform appeared to have recovered. “It’s up,” Musk said when asked by Kudlow about X’s status shortly before 5 p.m. ET. On X, Musk further commented, “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.”

 

 

Based on a report by NYP  2025-03-12

 

 

[Celsius]

forget ufc and go with The Slap

[MalcolmB]

Musk has a history of telling lies, similar to his boss. 

[hotsun]

3 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Musk has a history of telling lies, similar to his boss. 

Your version of truth is worse, much worse than anyones lies

[Tug]

2 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Musk has a history of telling lies, similar to his boss. 

Perhaps you might rephrase that to musk has a history of telling  lies like his underling trump I think I know who’s slinging the sausage with those two

[frank83628]

I thought it odd that the article was instantly denying it was Ukriane, then I saw 'Atlantic council' foollowed by it was the Russians, total <deleted>.

Russia Russia Russia....

[Purdey]

Who on earth would hack anything and show their true location? You'd have to be begging to be caught.

[transam]

Musk is lucky it wasn't him being targeted.......

 

[Hakuna Matata]

9 minutes ago, Purdey said:

Who on earth would hack anything and show their true location? You'd have to be begging to be caught.

 

Elon Musk is definitely capable of detecting the true location of the attackers.

 

Enough is enough.

 

It's high time that Starlink should be disabled for any location in the Ukraine!