DDoS Strikes X: Cloudflare Saves Platform, Dark Storm Suspected

Summary: X/Twitter experienced multiple outages today due to a DDoS attack perpetrated by the hacker collective Dark Storm. After implementing Cloudflare’s protective measures, the platform resumed normal operations, but the attackers’ identity and motives raise concerns about future cybersecurity threats. Musk speculated that such an organized attack might hint at either professional or state-sponsored involvement.

Affected: X/Twitter

Keypoints :

• Dark Storm, a pro-Palestinian hacker group, claimed responsibility for the DDoS attack.
• The attack involved a vast network of botnets and possibly terabit-per-second traffic levels.
• Cloudflare’s mitigation strategies included user CAPTCHA prompts to filter out malicious traffic.