United States
USA
Large-scale DDoS attack causes repeated global outages at X
X experienced repeated worldwide service outages on 10 March 2025 that prevented users from logging in, posting or viewing content. Technical analysis by Bitsight identified large-scale DDoS traffic against X infrastructure, while independent outage monitoring documented major availability problems. Dark Storm Team claimed responsibility, but that attribution was not independently verified.
68
Estimated severity
68 / 100
94
Source reliability
94 / 100
Approximate Date
10/03/2025
Targeted Company
X
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
No information
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
0.25 days
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityService degradation
Affected sectors
Technology & IT Services
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Distributed denial of service
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
bitsight.comhttps://www.bitsight.com/blog/massive-ddos-cyber-fogreuters.comhttps://www.reuters.com/technology/social-media-platform-x-down-thousands-users-downdetector-shows-2025-03-10/therecord.mediahttps://therecord.media/cyberattack-twitter-musk-massive-outagesbleepingcomputer.comhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/x-hit-by-massive-cyberattack-amid-dark-storms-ddos-claims/