# What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X | WIRED

<https://www.wired.com/story/x-ddos-attack-march-2025/>

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- Saved: March 13, 2025 (2025-03-14T01:30:49Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

I’m positive X is attacked every day.

> independent security researcher Kevin Beaumont and 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.

Less of a ‘massive’ attack and more of an unprotected flank.

## Facts

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- [WT313: Weekly Thing 313 / Agentic, Shadows, WireMock](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/313/), Notable

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