Saturday, March 15, 2025

Elon Musk: No good deed goes unpunished.

 


Democratic Senator To Get Rid Of Tesla, Calls Musk An “A**hole”  
Kelly announced he’s ditching his Tesla after Musk called him a “traitor” on social media for visiting Ukraine last weekend to see how Ukrainians were responding to Trump’s decisions to halt military aid and intelligence sharing to support its war against Russia.

Musk blames 'massive cyberattack' for X outages on Monday: Who's really behind it? - Android Authority   . . ."Following the outages, Musk took to X to address the issue, stating, “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…”

"Later in the day, during an interview on Fox Business Network, Musk claimed that the attack’s IP addresses had been traced to the “Ukraine area.” However, he did not provide further details or evidence to support this claim.

"Meanwhile, cybersecurity experts have disputed Musk’s claim, warning that IP addresses alone do not confirm the origin of an attack.

"Security researcher Kevin Beaumont noted on Bluesky that the attack was carried out using a variant of the Mirai botnet, which is made up of compromised cameras and other connected devices.

"According to Beaumont, the attack involved IPs from around the world, not just Ukraine. He also said that the perpetrators could be “advanced persistent teenagers,” jesting that the attack could have been carried out by skilled but mischievous hackers rather than a nation-state.

"The X outage affected users in multiple countries, including the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. Reports from Downdetector showed three waves of disruptions throughout the day, with significant spikes occurring in the afternoon and evening." . . .

The Attack on Elon Musk’s X - The American Spectator  . . ."Who are these bad guys? The speculation abounds. China? Putin’s Russia? Hamas? Who knows.

"The only difference between now and back there in the long ago — and it’s a big difference — is that Americans are living today in the 21st century. If a 21st century Pearl Harbor arrives, it can arrive this time without a single enemy plane swooping in and dropping bombs. It can arrive courtesy of some bad guys somewhere who merely press a handful of buttons and … boom! The cyberattack begins." . . .

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