Elon Musk claims X outages were caused by a ‘massive cyber-attack’

Elon Musk claimed that X was targeted in a “massive cyber-attack” on Monday (March 10), which resulted in intermittent outages on the platform throughout the day.

Platform outage monitor Downdetector said it had seen tens of thousands of reports from US users who were experiencing technical difficulties on the social media site. The platform, formerly known as Twitter, had been unresponsive for many users as posts failed to load when they were using the site – The Guardian reports.

Some users who were trying to access the platform and refresh feeds on both its app and desktop site during Monday’s outages were met with a loading icon

Musk, who has owned the platform since late 2022, suggested a large coordinated group or country is allegedly involved. “We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources,” Musk posted. “Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved.”

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