Elon Musk denounces that the massive cyber attack against social network X originated in Ukraine

The social network X (Before Twitter), owned by the American businessman Elon Muska global fall suffered on Monday due to a massive cyber attack from IP addresses located in Ukraineas confirmed by Musk himself, who does not rule out the involvement of a state.

Social network users X From around the world they experienced important access difficulties for several hours this Monday.

The owner of the platform, Elon Muskpublicly warned about a coordinated attempt to demolish the service through a massive cyber attackwhose origin is in IP addresses from Ukraine.

Although the situation is under investigation, the magnitude of the attack points to an organized and large operation, which could even involve a state.

What is known about cyber attack denounced by Musk?

The billionaire businessman declared Fox Business that he has no absolute certainty about the exact details, but emphasized that the attack was significant for his scale. Musk indicated that there was a massive use of technological resources to try to demolish the computer system of Xstressing that this type of attacks occur regularly, although rarely with this intensity.

Massive service interruptions globally

The specialized site Downdector He confirmed that thousands of users in different countries registered failures from the early hours of Monday. The interruptions mainly affected the United States, with almost 40,000 users reporting problems, in addition to important incidents in Japan (12,000 users), United Kingdom (5,000 users) and Brazil (More than 4,000 users).

Among the main reported problems, users indicated messages such as «Something went wrong» or the impossibility of accessing previous publications.

Political implications and possible authors of the attack

The origin of the attack, with IP addresses of Ukraineit could have geopolitical implications, although Musk has not wanted to point directly to a specific country as responsible. However, it made it clear that behind the incident seems to be involved a highly organized group or even a state, which opens speculation about political and economic motivations.