Billionaire entrepreneur and DOGE chief Elon Musk claimed Monday that X went dark as the result of a “massive cyberattack” that originated in the “Ukraine area.”

“We’re not sure exactly what happened,” Musk told Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow about the apparent operation targeting his social media platform.

“But there was a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the X system, with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area,” the world’s richest man added.

Musk, 53, did not immediately provide additional evidence of who may have been responsible. Cybercriminals have been know to create false IP addresses to impersonate computer systems from different parts of the world, a practice known as “spoofing.”

Experts told The Post it was highly improbably that Ukrainian government actors were the perpetrator of such an audacious and far-reaching attack one day before diplomats from Washington and Kyiv meet in Saudi Arabia.

“It makes absolutely no sense for Ukrainian hackers to attack Elon Musk the day before a meeting between the United States and Ukraine in which they are attempting to get the United States to start sharing intelligence again, and provide aid and assistance, working towards a peace agreement that has been in question since the Oval Office visit,” the Atlantic Council’s Alex Plitsas told The Post on Monday.

  • Oldseeker6062@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Really, thats his proof 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Any 10 year old hacker/script kiddie would hide their originating IP, and anybody tech savy enough to take down X is not going to be showing their own IP. ( False flag attack that probably originated from N Korea or Russian)

    • Lit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Probably he orchestrated it himself, to make Ukraine look bad. So that he can justify turning off Starlink to protect his X(twitter).

      Elon and Krasnov Trump are probably planning more worse false flag to derail signing any deal. The peace deal and ceasefire talks are just smokescreen. They will keep making situtaion making Ukraine look difficult to deal with and the one rejecting peace.

      • Lucky_777@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        All part of Krasnov plans. Make Elon take the fall this year for everything. Someone else year two, then depending on Vance’s polling Vance is next to take the fall. Making room for Don Jr or martial law.

        Hopefully we’ll see a president die of old age in the white house. One day, for history sakes of course.