Elon Musk blames cyber-attack for X outages

theguardian.com

Elon Musk announced that X, formerly Twitter, experienced outages due to a "massive cyber-attack." He suggested the attack may have originated from Ukraine, affecting many users who reported issues with the platform. Downdetector recorded thousands of outage reports, peaking early in the morning and again around midday. Users encountered error messages when trying to load posts. Musk's claims come amid ongoing challenges for his businesses, including a recent SpaceX rocket explosion and protests against Tesla. He has previously attributed outages to cyber-attacks, though some claims lacked evidence.


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