Since Monday, March 10, 2025, the famous social network X has become the prey of a “massive cyber attack”, according to its owner Elon Musk. An unprecedented crisis that the officials were unknown, until today.
The massive attacks that disrupt X (formerly Twitter) have finally found their manager. La Panne, which has touched Elon Musk’s social network since Monday, March 10, 2025, could be widely restored this Tuesday, March 11 thanks “To many means” raised by the American multi-millionaire.
Surprised by the magnitude of the cyber attacks that have occurred since this start of the week on X, Elon Musk did not fail to react during a post published on his platform: “We are attacked every day, but it has been organized with a lot of resources. A large coordinated group is involved or a country. We follow the track …”. Shortly after these suspicions, a group of computer hackers, called “Dark Storm team”, claimed successive attacks against the social network.
A global breakdown
Since Monday, March 10, X has been the target of powerful cyber attacks that successively prevented its users from navigating the network. With several alert peaks recorded all afternoon on DowndeTectorthe reports have today appeased, despite a slight increase since 9:00 am this Tuesday, March 11. The red curve below illustrates the successive waves of attacks targeting the social network of Elon Musk.
“Dark Storm Team”, from cyberpirates to political motivations
At first unknown, the origin of these cyber attacks is no longer a secret. The massive failure that has touched X since the start of the week was quickly claimed by “Dark Storm team”, a group of cyberhackers, on Telegram.
“Dark Storm Team” is renowned in the digital world for its solid and thoughtful cyber attacks. The group of pirates is used to overloading such a server or such a network in order to saturate them and prevent users from accessing them: a technique entitled “Denial service attack”. Mainly immerse X in such a long crisis demonstrates the extent of the resources available to “Dark Storm Team”.
Cyberattacks targeting X are purely political, “Dark Storm team” advocating a pro-Palestinian ideology and attacking the countries supporting Israel. The Cyberpirate group notably promised last February to tackle the government’s sites and services in NATO countries.
Despite its claims, it is possible that those responsible for these cyber attacks against X are not “Dark Storm team”. In the absence of evidence, nothing is less certain. The next few days should be revealing, Elon Musk is already carrying out his investigation to find the culprits.