Thousands of X users impacted by X outage, ‘Dark Storm’ claims responsibility

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By Jodie Hawkins (Senior Producer)

Elon Musk confirmed a cyberattack caused widespread issues on the social media platform X. He noted that it involved significant resources, possibly from a large group or even a country.
A hacking group known for advanced cyber warfare tactics, Dark Storm Team, reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack.
The outage affected thousands of users worldwide.

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Elon Musk said a cyberattack caused widespread technical issues on his social media platform X on Monday, March 10. A hacking group reportedly claimed responsibility for the outage. Musk posted his suspicions about the outage to X when the site was temporarily back up on Monday morning.

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“There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X,” Musk wrote. “We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved.”

There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against 𝕏.

We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved.

Tracing … https://t.co/aZSO1a92no
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2025

Musk told Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow Monday that he believes the cyberattack originated in the Ukraine area.

“But there was a massive cyber attack to try to bring down the X system, with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area,” Musk said.

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Shortly after Musk’s confirmation, a hacking group known as “Dark Storm Team” claimed responsibility for the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the platform in a post on Telegram, according to Newsweek.

Hacker groups and cybercriminals often use Telegram to communicate, share information and claim responsibility for attacks.

What is Dark Storm Team?

The pro-Palestinian group formed in 2023 and known for its advanced cyber warfare strategies and breaches of high-security systems.

According to Orange Cyberdefense, Dark Storm Team has unconfirmed but “highly” likely links to Russia and “strong partnerships with other groups.”

How many users did the outages affect?

According to the outage tracking site Downdetector, the problems began globally around 5:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, when around 20,000 users reported problems.

The issues temporarily died down before nearly 40,000 users reported outages about four hours later, followed by a third significant outage.

Some X users said they saw error messages from Cloudflare, a content delivery network and cybersecurity services provider, which said, “Web server is returning an unknown error.”

Musk rebranded Twitter as X in July 2023.