The tech mogul told the Fox Business channel that "there was a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the X system, with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area."Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images

Musk blames Ukrainians for cyberattack on X. Experts aren’t convinced. – POLITICO

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Cybersecurity experts including the United Kingdom's former cybersecurity chief are pouring cold water over Elon Musk’s suggestion that a large-scale cyberattack on his social media site X came from Ukraine.

Musk on Monday said X had been deluged by a “massive cyberattack" involving "either a large, coordinated group and/or a country." The tech mogul and close ally of United States President Donald Trump later told the Fox Business channel that "there was a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the X system, with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area."

But cybersecurity experts were quick to push back.