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This is absurd, only a extraordinary moron would believe Ukraine executing this attack to be the case.

My comment is accurate. It is absurd to suggest or believe Ukraine is executing a DDOS on X. Ukrainians are desperately trying to fight a bordering superpower and need the assistance of Starlink and the US government where Musk is in the leadership circle. It does not serve the community to pretend otherwise.

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I very strongly doubt this attack was state-sanctioned if it came from Ukraine... but it could very well be a Ukrainian vigilante. As seen by arson of Tesla dealerships in the EU, many are upset about Musk's involvement with the current US regime and his anti-EU and anti-Ukraine rhetoric. I would not be surprised at all if a lot of Ukrainians hated him to the point of irrationality. It could also very well be a false flag perpetrated by Russia trying to drive a wedge (further) between the US and Ukraine.

Just curious, I would think that if this came from a group, they would not use servers in their home country. If it's DDOS then maybe it came from a botnet, which would be widely distributed.

The part I find the most suspicious is how quickly he came to such a simple answer when it would seem like usually this takes tracking back through multiple server farms?

Unless it was a single vigilante, who used his personal computer from Ukraine to do the attack, which seems pretty flimsy.

If it were specifically done to make a political point, having the attack come from Ukraine could be symbolically important. I would expect a harassment DDOS to try to cover their tracks, but someone protesting Musk might purposely not obfuscate their location or purposely attack from Ukraine. Of course, Russians might just want to make Musk even more anti-Ukraine.

Sort of like the pipeline sabotage. There’s no way Ukraine could be behind that.

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