Elon Musk said his social media platform X was targeted in a “massive cyberattack” on Monday and later claimed the attack was traced back to Ukraine. 

“We’re not sure exactly what happened, but there was a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the X system with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area,” Musk said in an interview with Fox Business Channel host Larry Kudlow. 

Earlier in the afternoon, Musk confirmed a “massive cyberattack” targeted X on Monday, prompting outages for thousands of users throughout the day.

“We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved. Tracing…” Musk wrote on X. 

Musk’s mention of Ukraine in relation to Monday’s attack comes amid heightened tensions recently with the Eastern European country. 

President Trump has ramped up criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in recent weeks. Trump paused U.S. aid to Ukraine and has suggested Kyiv is more of an obstacle to peace than Russia amid the countries’ more than three-year war. 

Musk, for his part, has echoed Trump’s sentiment, criticizing Zelensky in various posts and replies on X. 

Read more about Monday’s outage at TheHill.com

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