Hours after microblogging platform X faced a global outage, entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed on Monday that the social media site was disrupted by a "massive cyberattack." The billionaire said the attack originated in the "Ukraine area".
After thousands of X users reported outages throughout Monday, Musk took to X to post that the attack was done with a lot of resources. "We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources," Musk wrote on X. "Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved."
However, during a Monday afternoon interview with Fox, Musk revealed that the attack originated from IP addresses "in the Ukraine area" and that the attackers were trying to "bring down the X system."
However, the 53-year-old entrepreneur did not provide additional evidence to support his acc
The attack comusations.es a day before US and Ukrainian delegates were set to meet in Saudi Arabia for peace talks. For the same reason, many believe it was improbable that Ukraine could be behind the act which could have a far-reaching consequence. "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," the Atlantic Council’s Alex Plitsas told The New York Post on Monday.