Summary: The Dark Storm hacktivist group has claimed responsibility for DDoS attacks that resulted in significant outages affecting multiple instances of X (formerly Twitter). Although Elon Musk acknowledged a “massive cyberattack,” he did not specifically attribute the interruptions to DDoS attacks until after the group’s claims. X is now utilizing Cloudflare’s DDoS protection to mitigate the impacts of these coordinated attacks.
Affected: X (formerly Twitter)
Keypoints :
- Dark Storm, a pro-Palestinian hacktivist group, launched DDoS attacks against X, claiming credit through their Telegram channel.
- Elon Musk confirmed that a massive cyberattack was happening, involving substantial resources and coordination.
- In response to the attacks, X has implemented Cloudflare’s DDoS protection, showing captchas for suspicious IP connections.