It is a very difficult day for the social x by Elon Musk, the former Twitter, who several times today has experienced connection and download problems as reported by thousands of users in all the world due to a mega hacker attack. The now well -known DowDetector website has already recorded at least three peaks of malfunctions: the first around 11 Italians, the second in the afternoon around 2pm and the third around 5 pm.
The claim of the Hacker group
According to information in possession of Newsweekfrom a public post in Telegram the hacker Dark Storm Team group would have claimed the responsibility of a DDOS attack to the platform by blocking access. Dark Storm Team is well known for its sophisticated computer war attacks and for hacker attacks on high security systems. Second Orange Cyberdefensethe group was born in 2023 with a pro-Palestinian focus: just last month he promised to unleash a wave of cyber attacks on the government websites of the NATO countries, Israel and the nations that support Israel.
What happened to X
As mentioned, it was a problem that concerns practically all nations with reports that have not only arrived from Italy but also from the United States. It seemed to be all returned half an hour after 11 but here over 40 thousand reports, on average, arrived shortly after 3 pm. Third period of problems that are still ongoing, just before 5pm. In detail, 52% of cases complain about applications for application, 32% on the website and 11% of connection to the server. In many cases, in fact, even if it is possible to log in, then it is impossible to scroll on the home page or write anything about the search engine that does not give results.
The problems within the social network
“Something went wrong, try to update“, It is the inscription that appears to be default but in reality, even following this advice, nothing happens. The same is trying to click on any area on the left: from the Explore button to the notifications button as for the messages, it is not possible to interact on the social X. If instead you click the written profile appears to be your home page but always without any result. Until the first afternoon today, no official news had arrived regarding this malfunction until Elon Musk. He published a post explaining what was behind the blocking of the popular social network.
Users’ reports
In Italy, the thermal map of the Downdetector shows that the problems occurred more in the big cities, from north to south, with the users who this time had to carry out word of mouth on other social competitors to check if the problem was isolated or general. “It’s 5pm and keep not working,” Filippo wrote. “Always blocked,” said Roberto. “SHours that X does not work more or less from 10 this morning and there is no news from his patron.
Who knows what other distortion will be preparing for this platform that no longer recognizes! “, Alexander has instead exclaimed taking it right with Elon Musk.
Many people were forced to contact Threads, the rival platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s goal company, to complain about the problems encountered on X.