Musk Alleges 'Massive Cyberattack' Caused Major Outages for X

On March 10, 2025, social media platform X faced occasional outages, believed to be caused by a significant cyberattack carried out by the Dark Storm Team, known for DDoS attacks. The initial disruption started at 6 a.m. ET, generating over 20,000 outage complaints. The situation peaked at 10 a.m. ET, with over 40,000 reports of service unavailability. Elon Musk verified the cyberattack, acknowledging a major assault on platform X. Subsequently, X has integrated DDoS protection measures from Cloudflare to counteract the persisting attacks.