Elon Musk blames Ukraine for X outage, but hackers say ¡®not so fast'

In the latest episode of Tech Gone Wild, Elon Musk has found himself in the middle of yet another cyber drama. X (formerly Twitter) suffered a major global outage on Monday, and Musk wasted no time dropping a bombshell claim¡ªUkraine might be behind it. But hold on, because a notorious hacker group has a different story to tell!

Elon Musk vs. The internet

Elon Musk, the billionaire tech mogul and owner of X, took to Fox News to share his theory on why his beloved platform was crashing worldwide. He revealed that the attack seemed to originate from IP addresses linked to Ukraine. While he admitted that the exact source was still unclear, he described the cyber onslaught as one of the most intense the platform has ever faced.

Musk also made a dramatic statement on X itself, confirming that a massive cyberattack was underway. He suggested that the scale of the attack indicated either a highly organized group or possibly even a nation-state was behind it. Given the size and coordination of the strike, Musk hinted that this was far from a typical hacker stunt.

Enter darkstorm: The plot thickens

Just when things couldn¡¯t get any weirder, hacking group Darkstorm crashed the party with their own claim. The pro-Palestinian cyber collective took to Telegram to announce that they were the real masterminds behind the attack, boldly stating that they had taken X offline.

Darkstorm has been making headlines for its attacks on countries supporting Israel amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Their latest stunt, if true, adds another layer of complexity to the situation¡ªespecially since Musk is pointing fingers at Ukraine instead.

Geopolitical tensions fuel the fire

Musk¡¯s accusation isn¡¯t happening in a vacuum. The US-Ukraine relationship has been on shaky ground lately, especially after an Oval Office showdown between former US President Donald Trump and Ukraine¡¯s President Volodymyr Zelensky. With global politics playing out in real time, Musk¡¯s allegations might just be adding fuel to an already raging fire.

Meanwhile, X users across India, the US, and the UK faced repeated outages, with Downdetector reporting thousands of complaints. As chaos ensued, social media sleuths debated whether Musk was onto something or if Darkstorm¡¯s claim held more weight.

One thing¡¯s for sure¡ªthis isn¡¯t the last we¡¯ll hear of this digital disaster. Is Musk right, or is there a bigger cyber war brewing? Only time (and more tweets) will tell.