Elon Musk's social media platform X (formerly Twitter) experienced two major outages on Monday.
Musk revealed that X was hit by a "massive cyberattack.
"Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved," Musk said.
Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) experienced two major outages on Monday, leaving users across the world frustrated. As the platform struggled to restore services, Musk revealed that X had been hit by a “massive cyberattack.” He suggested that the attack was well-coordinated and could have been carried out by either a large, coordinated group or a country.
SurveyThe first outage began at around 3:30 PM, with over 2,500 users reporting issues on Downdetector, a website that tracks online service disruptions. Users complained about website crashes, app failures, and connection problems. Just a few hours later, at 7:30 PM, another outage hit the platform, though this time with fewer reports, peaking at around 1,300 complaints.
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People in different parts of the world reported problems accessing X, with the worst-hit regions being the US and the UK. Downdetector data from the US showed that 57% of users faced issues with the X app, 34% had trouble accessing the website, and 9% encountered server errors. In the UK, 61% of users reported app failures, 34% experienced website issues, and 5% had server-related problems.
A hacking group called Dark Storm Team has reportedly taken responsibility for the attack. According to a post on Telegram, the group carried out a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack.
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While there is no official confirmation linking the outages to this hacker group, Musk’s statement suggests that X was under a large-scale cyberattack that required significant resources.
Addressing the situation, Musk posted on X: “There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X. We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved. Tracing …”
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