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Musk claims 'massive cyber attacks' that caused X outages came from 'Ukraine area'

FP News Desk March 11, 2025, 08:31:10 IST

Elon Musk has claimed that his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) was targeted by a “massive cyberattack” originating from the “Ukraine area.”

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Elon Musk. Reuters
Elon Musk. Reuters

Billionaire and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk said on Tuesday that his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) was hit by a “massive cyberattack,” with the IP addresses of the attacks originating from the “Ukraine area.”

X faced multiple outages on Monday, going offline, recovering briefly, and crashing again. Some users couldn’t load posts, while others had trouble accessing in-app services.

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“We’re not sure exactly what happened, but there was a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the X system with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area," Musk said in an interview with Fox Business Channel.

This is a developing story.

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