Elon Musk claims 'IP addresses in Ukraine' are behind 'massive cyber attack’ that hit Twitter

Elon Musk has claimed 'IP addresses in Ukraine' are behind a 'massive cyber attack’ that hit Twitter this week.

On Monday (March 10), 40,000 users reported they were unable to access X, formerly Twitter, according to the tracking website Downdetector.com.

The site suffered major glitches and intermittent service outage issues throughout the day with users all over the world reporting they were unable to load posts.

Tweets that failed to appear displayed a message that 'something went wrong' and urged users to try reloading the app or webpage.

Both the app and the site went down as early as 5.30am ET.

The boss of the platform has since said the site was targeted in a 'massive cyber attack' that was carried out 'with a lot of resources.'

Musk alleged that either a large coordinated group, an entire country, or both were behind the hack.

Taking to Twitter, the Tesla CEO said: "There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X.

"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..."

Then reiterating his claim on Fox News, he went on to say IP addresses could be traced to spots 'in the Ukraine area'.

Elon Musk has said the cyber attack on Monday originated from 'the Ukraine area' (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

"We’re not sure exactly what happened but there was a massive cyber-attack to try and bring down the X system with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area," he said.

The billionaire SpaceX founder did not back up his claims with any evidence but confirmed the site has been restored and is back up and running.

The news comes as both Musk, who heads the Department of Government and Efficiency (DOGE), and President Donald Trump have somewhat soured relations with Ukraine recently.

Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy locked heads over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, with the US President 'yelling' at Zelenskyy that he is 'gambling with World War 3.'

As per Reuters, the Trump administration went a step further by disabling Ukrainian access to satellite imagery and halting intelligence-sharing in a bid to put pressure on Kyiv to cooperate in peace talks.

President Donald Trump has rolled out measures to try to end the ongoing conflict with Russia.

Musk also stated that Ukraine's country's 'entire front line' would collapse if he switched off his Starlink satellite communications provider, as per The Guardian.

Another post on Telegram by a hacking group called Dark Storm Team that has since been deleted claimed responsibility for the attack, reports Sky News.

The tech mogul acquired Twitter for $44 billion in 2022 and has made claims in the past about previous outages being the result of cyber attacks.