{"id":124813,"date":"2025-03-11T06:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T06:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=124813"},"modified":"2025-03-11T06:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T06:15:52","slug":"hacking-group-dark-storm-claims-responsibility-for-ddos-attack-on-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=124813","title":{"rendered":"Hacking group \u2018Dark Storm\u2019 claims responsibility for DDoS attack on X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsA Russian-backed hacking group has claimed responsibility for the massive cyberattack on X, which saw the social media platform unable to be accessed by thousands of users, although user functionality was quickly restored.\u00a0<br \/>\nCybersecurity group SpyoSecure said in a March 10 post to X that hacker group Dark Storm made a Telegram post taking credit for the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, which was posted by the group\u2019s leader.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cTo anyone wondering why X (Twitter) was down, it was under attack by Dark Storm Team,\u201d SpyoSecure said.\u00a0<br \/>\nSource: SpyoSecureThe Telegram channel has since been deleted for violating the platform\u2019s terms of service. Screenshots shared on X show them stating they \u201ctook Twitter offline,\u201d alongside a screenshot of failed connection attempts from various global locations.<br \/>\nEd Krassenstein, a social media personality and co-founder of NFT marketplace NFTz.me, said in a March 10\u00a0post\u00a0to X that he had also been investigating the attack and was in touch with Dark Storm\u2019s leader, who again claimed they were behind it.<br \/>\n\u201cThe reason he gives me for the attack is just a demonstration of our strength, with no political motives,\u201d Krassenstein said.<br \/>\nThe Russian-backed pro-Palestinian hacker group Dark Storm has been active since 2023 and is known for targeting NATO countries.\u00a0<br \/>\nPlatform owner Elon Musk confirmed the social media platform had been hit with a cyberattack preventing some users from accessing the site on March 10.<br \/>\nHe said in a March 10 interview with Fox Business\u2019s Larry Kudlow he had a rough idea of where the IP address of the hackers originated.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not sure exactly what happened but there was a massive cyberattack to try and bring down the X system with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area.\u201d<br \/>\nRelated: US Treasury sued for giving Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE access to sensitive info<br \/>\nIt comes amid violence at Tesla facilities around the US as part of a broader \u201cTake down Tesla\u201d movement protesting Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is taking the axe to many government departments.\u00a0<br \/>\nMusk told Kudlow that regardless of the protests, he still thinks they are \u201cdoing the right thing here\u201d because DOGE is cutting spending to initiatives \u201cvery few taxpayers would agree make sense.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\nTesla stock is also suffering. In the most recent trading session, Tesla is down over 15% to $222 per share. In the after-hours session, it\u2019s down a further 3% to $215, according to Google Finance.\u00a0<br \/>\nTesla stock is down in its most recent trading session amid protests over Elon Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency. Source: Google FinanceOverall, the stock has been up 24% over the past year; however, it\u2019s still down from its all-time high of $480 set on Dec. 17, 2024.<br \/>\nThis isn\u2019t the first time X has suffered a DDoS attack. Last August, Musk claimed the platform was hit by hackers prior to his interview with then-presidential hopeful Donald Trump.\u00a0<br \/>\nMagazine: Bitcoin\u2019s odds of June highs, SOL\u2019s $485M outflows, and more: Hodler\u2019s Digest, March 2 \u2013 8<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/hacking-group-dark-storm-claims-responsibility-for-ddos-attack-on-x?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsA Russian-backed hacking group has claimed responsibility for the massive cyberattack on X, which saw the social media platform unable to be accessed by thousands of users, although&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124813"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}