March 11, 2025: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) faced widespread outages across multiple countries on Monday, with CEO Elon Musk attributing the disruptions to a “massive cyberattack.” Musk suggested that either a large, coordinated group or a nation-state was behind the attack.

"Tracing…" Musk posted on X as the company investigated the issue.

According to outage tracker Downdetector, thousands of users in the United States were affected, with reports peaking at around 40,000 before gradually declining. Similarly, in the United Kingdom, over 10,800 users reported service disruptions. Users complained about pages failing to load and timelines not refreshing.

While services resumed later in the day, cybersecurity experts remain skeptical about the scale of the attack. Musk claimed that X is frequently targeted but stated that this particular attack involved “a lot of resources.” However, analysts noted that denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which flood servers with rogue traffic, can often be executed by smaller hacker groups.

A pro-Palestinian hacker group, Dark Storm Team, later claimed responsibility for the attack in a public Telegram post. The group has previously targeted organizations and governments perceived to support Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

In a Fox News interview, Musk suggested that the attack originated from the “Ukraine area” but did not provide further evidence. His statement has drawn speculation, given his recent controversial remarks regarding Ukraine's ongoing conflict with Russia. Musk previously asserted that Ukraine’s war efforts would collapse without his Starlink satellite service but assured that access would not be revoked.

Despite the outage, Musk confirmed that X was operational again, but concerns remain over the platform’s vulnerability to cyber threats.