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March 12, 2025 Link Blog

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X

You can’t protect yourself from a DDoS if you don’t configure it correctly..

other analysts see evidence that some X origin servers, which respond to web requests, weren’t properly secured behind the company’s Cloudflare DDoS protection and were publicly visible. As a result, attackers could target them directly. X has since secured the servers.

By way of Wired

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