“It is not a problem to use an IP address in almost any country in the world.” A representative of the SBU situational center for cybersecurity commented on Musk’s accusations of Ukrainian hackers in the attack on X

«The attackers could probably use any IP addresses, if you are aware of such things as VPN, proxy, and other means of anonymizing traffic. Data substitution, so to speak, facts, the use of Ukrainian IP addresses can be used not only for technical purposes, but also for certain political ones: highlighting the necessary narrative and promoting certain opinions,» he noted, answering a question from a dev.ua journalist.

According to Pavlenko, it is not a problem to use an IP address in almost any country in the world, unless, of course, it is limited by a maximum firewall, like China or North Korea. «It could be America, it could be Ukraine, it could be another country, so in this case I do not believe that this is an objective fact that the attack comes from Ukraine and that Ukrainian attackers should be sought,» he explained.

Recall, on March 10, Elon Musk’s social network X «went down», and thousands of users around the world could not use it, some for about an hour. Musk said that a massive cyberattack was taking place against X (Twitter). «We are attacked every day, but it was done using a large amount of resources. Either a large, coordinated group or a country is behind this,» the platform owner noted.

According to the online outage monitoring system Downdetector and Reuters, problems with the social network were reported around the world. In particular, more than 26,000 users in the US complained of failures, and more than 10,000 people in the UK.

It should be noted that problems with X were also observed in Ukraine. Users were unable to access the platform via the website and app.

Musk is a fierce critic of the Ukrainian authorities amid deteriorating relations between Kyiv and the Trump administration.

According to threat researchers from Check Point Research, the pro-Palestinian hacker group Dark Storm Team claimed responsibility for the attack.

Meanwhile, American billionaire Elon Musk suspects that the March 10 cyberattack on his social network X came from IP addresses «originating in Ukraine.» As he said in an interview on Fox Business, the company is still «not sure what exactly happened,» but suspects that the «massive cyberattack» came from IP addresses «originating in Ukraine.»