Elon Musk commented on the severity of the attack, stating, “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.”
During an interview with Fox Business, Musk mentioned that the attack was still under investigation but noted that the IP addresses involved originated from the Ukraine region. However, Reuters reported, based on information from an unnamed internet infrastructure industry source, that the attack traffic came from IP addresses in Ukraine, as well as the U.S., Vietnam, and Brazil.
The Complexity of DDoS Attacks
DDoS attacks typically leverage compromised devices worldwide, instructing them to send massive amounts of traffic to a targeted system, depleting its resources and causing downtime. The geographical origin of attack traffic does not necessarily reveal the attacker’s actual location.
Cybercriminals continue to develop more sophisticated DDoS techniques. In some cases, attackers no longer need vast networks of bots to launch devastating attacks. For example, in late 2024, Cloudflare reported a record-breaking DDoS attack peaking at 5.6 Tbps, executed using only 13,000 unique IP addresses.
