Pro-Palestinian hacker groups takes down X in DDoS attack

All Monday morning, X, the platform formerly Twitter, experienced as many as three major outages.

The pro-Palestinian hacking group Dark Storm claimed responsibility in a post on the messenging app Telegram.

Other geopolitical accounts commented on the DDoS attack:

"Pro-Palestinian hacking group Dark Storm Team has successfully taken down X (formerly Twitter) multiple times today, striking a blow against one of the West’s most powerful information control platforms.

DST has been on the rise, targeting Western and [Jewish]-linked institutions, including Israeli infrastructure, U.S. government agencies, and major financial networks.

Their operations, coordinated through Telegram, aim to disrupt the tools of "oppression" and expose the hypocrisy of so-called "free speech" platforms that censor Palestinian voices while amplifying Western propaganda.

With today’s attack, DST has once again demonstrated that the digital battlefield is just as critical as the physical one."

DD Geopolitics continued, "Cyber resistance is growing, and those who facilitate genocide and occupation are no longer untouchable."

Millions of X users had difficulty loading any posts or sharing posts of their own, affecting the morning news flow.

According to Google, as of early 2025, X had an estimated 650 million monthly active users, with 240–300 million daily active users. 

SEO.AI projects that X could surpass 700 million monthly users by the end of 2025.