Dark Storm Team Takes Credit For DDoS Attack on X

U.S. social media firm X, formerly Twitter, had its services significantly interrupted on Monday following a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack claimed by pro-Palestinian hacktivist operation Dark Storm Team, reports SiliconAngle.

Dark Storm Team — which previously compromised organizations in Israel, the U.S., and Europe — took responsibility for the intrusion after Elon Musk reported the platform to be targeted by a "large, coordinated group and/or country" using IP addresses from the "Ukraine area." Musk's assertions have not been substantiated, but X has adopted Cloudflare's services amid its restoration efforts.

Chad Cragle, chief information security officer at Deepwatch, said the intrusion was indicative of an ongoing cyberwar rather than the security lapses of X.

"With Musk in the spotlight and political tensions at a peak, these attacks bear all the indicators of nation-state aggression," said Cragle. "They're throwing everything but the kitchen sink at X and others pushing for maximum disruption, downtime and, if possible, data exposure."