Cyber Attack on X on Monday Many Locals Had Difficulty, Anonymous and Dark Storm Claim Responsibility

According to outage tracking site DownDetector, problems with X formerly known as Twitter began around 6 a.m. ET when up to 20,538 users reported problems. The issues temporarily died down before nearly 40,000 users reported outages at 10 am. Outages reported on DownDetector began to drop around 2 p.m. ET and trailed off throughout the afternoon.

A sustained outage that lasted at least an hour began at noon, with the heaviest disruptions occurring along both U.S. coasts but several local users and businesses complaining about outages and slow uploads.

Elon Musk confirmed a massive cyberattack...

Downdetector.com said that 56% of problems were reported for the X app, while 33% were reported for the website.

A hacking group known as "Dark Storm Team" has claimed responsibility for the DDoS attack on X via a post on Telegram.

A post by Dark Storm Team on Telegram claimed responsibility for “taking Twitter offline." The group shared a screenshot of a real-time connectivity status page that displayed failed connection attempts from various locations around the globe.

According to Silicon Valley Sources, the Dark Storm group is a big hacking group that has been active since September 2023. It is behind some big cyber attacks and specializes in remote access, data infiltration, ransomware, and DDoS attacks, primarily targeting state organizations that support Israel and key business sectors in Israel and NATO member countries. This hackers group announced plans to attack a NATO countries government website in the past. 

This attack wasn’t a simple flood of traffic. The hackers used a botnet of hijacked devices, including compromised personal computers and IoT devices like smart cameras and routers from private citizens looped together and without their knowledge nor permission. 

Additionally, sources in Silicon Valley told AlamogordoTownNews.org,  and confirmed by Orange Cyber Defense claim they strongly  suspect the group attempted to exploit vulnerabilities in X’s infrastructure, possibly injecting malicious scripts to disrupt data flow or gain access to sensitive information.

While there’s no confirmation of a data breach by X, nor statements made by Elon Musk,  our sources suggest that such attacks often have long-term consequences beyond temporary downtime.

As of now, X has not released an official statement detailing the technical specifics of the attack or potential countermeasures. Musk, however, insisted that tracing efforts were underway

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