Cyber Attack That Made X Down Turns Out To Come From Ukraine

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JAKARTA - Platform X experienced periodic disruptions on Monday, March 10, which caused some users to be unable to access the platform for several hours.

According to the Downdetector page, X is experiencing regular disruptions, which limits 39,021 users in the US to access the platform at its peak at 10 am local time.

Then, at around 5 pm, on the page, there was a report in which the service was still inaccessible to about 1,500 other users.

Responding to this problem, owner X Elon Musk admitted that the disturbance was caused by an extraordinary strong cyberattack.

"We are attacked every day, but this is done with a lot of resources. Whether it's a coordinated big group and/or a country involved," Musk said in a post on X.

Musk also said in an interview with Larry Kudlow from Fox Business Network that the cyberattack came from an IP address originating from Ukrainian territory.

According to Reuters, a source in the internet infrastructure industry said X had been hit by several waves of service rejections that began at 9:45 p.m. local time.

However, the source spoke on condition of anonymity because the person felt that he was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.