Elon Musk Claims X Faces Massive Cyberattack Amid Widespread Outages
Elon Musk alleges X platform suffered a significant cyberattack, causing widespread outages for thousands of users throughout Monday.
The issues appeared to be resolved in about 45 minutes, but the outage returned less than 30 minutes later.
Musk blames ‘massive cyberattack’ for X outage
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Complaints about outages spiked Monday at 6 a.m. Eastern and again at 10 a.m, with more than 40,000 users reporting no access to the platform, according to the tracking website Downdetector.com.
X users report a series of outages
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X experienced three waves of outages throughout Monday, per reports to the website Downdetector.
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Though he didn’t post any evidence of a cyberattack, experts said that the outage was consistent with a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, a rudimentary but sometimes effective hacker tactic to overwhelm a website with traffic, effectively knocking it offline.
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Musk purchased the social media platform then known as Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022.
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Complaints about outages spiked Monday at 6 a.m. Eastern and again at 10 a.m, with more than 40,000 users reporting no access to the platform, according to the tracking website Downdetector.com.
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Since Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion back in 2022 and fired around 80% of the company's employees, the platform has suffered a number of significant outages.
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Speculation about the cause of the outages began to circulate, with some users suggesting that X might be the target of a series of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
Elon Musk Blames 'Massive Cyberattack' for X Outages
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Frustrated users quickly turned to Threads, a rival app launched by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta in 2023, to ask others whether they were experiencing the same glitches.
Elon Musk blames ‘massive cyberattack’ as X crashes for thousands
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Summary
Thousands of users reported outages on the X platform Monday morning, prompting Elon Musk to claim a 'massive cyberattack' as the cause. Downdetector recorded over 40,000 reports of access issues. Musk suggested a coordinated effort behind the attack, although no evidence has been provided. Internet connectivity experts indicated the outages could match patterns of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, a tactic to overwhelm a website's capacity. The platform has faced similar problems in the past.
Perspectives
Elon Musk announced that his social media platform X experienced outages due to a 'massive cyberattack' allegedly involving significant resources from either a large group or a nation-state.
Reports indicate multiple waves of outages occurred on X, with users experiencing difficulties accessing the platform across various regions, particularly in the U.S.
The outages, consistent with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack patterns, highlight ongoing cybersecurity threats that major social media platforms face.