[DOJ probes massive X user cyber attack under investigation]
The U.S. Justice Department is collaborating with Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) to pinpoint perpetrators of a large‑scale password‑recovery attempted attack that affected hundreds of thousands of users over the past week, according to Assistant Attorney General Todd Blanche.
In a social‑media statement, Attorney General Blanche described sophisticated cyber‑criminals as the actors behind the assault, noting that X successfully mitated the attempt.
No further details were provided regarding the specifics of the incident.
Password‑recovery attacks typically aim to compromise online accounts by exploiting the “forgotten‑password” or account‑recovery mechanisms.
X declined to issue an immediate response to a request for additional comment.
Globally, organizations are confronting a surge in AI‑enabled cyber threats and ransomware campaigns capable of exfiltrating sensitive data and causing operational disruption.
The incident follows shortly after the Department announced an operation against QTFY, a Chinese cyber‑espionage platform.
The Department indicated that the Senate, the Federal Reserve, NASA, and several other entities were among those targeted by the platform.
In July, the White House disclosed the creation of a coordination group that unites artificial‑intelligence innovators and critical‑infrastructure operators to exchange insights on cybersecurity weaknesses uncovered by AI tools.
This is a developing story.