Elon Musk's Social Network X Faces Massive Cyberattack

Recently, the social network X, owned by Elon Musk, experienced significant

due to a massive . Users in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other countries reported issues accessing the platform.

Initially, a pro-Palestinian group called "Dark Storm Team" claimed responsibility for the attack. However, Musk later suggested that the cyberattack

Ukrainian IP addresses. Experts analyzing the incident identified it as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack by a botnet. They cautioned that determining the true origin of the attackers based solely on IP addresses is challenging, as attackers often use and proxy networks to their locations.

The attack led to significant

, users' access to X's services. Further analysis revealed that some of X's origin servers were not properly secured behind Cloudflare's DDoS protection, making them vulnerable to direct targeting. X has since taken steps to secure these servers to prevent future incidents.

This incident highlights the

social media platforms face in safeguarding their networks against cyber threats.