Elon Musk claimed that X was focused in a “large cyber-attack” on Monday (March 10), which resulted in intermittent outages on the platform all through the day.
Platform outage monitor Downdetector stated it had seen tens of 1000’s of experiences from US customers who had been experiencing technical difficulties on the social media web site. The platform, previously referred to as Twitter, had been unresponsive for a lot of customers as posts didn’t load after they had been utilizing the location – The Guardian experiences.
Some customers who had been attempting to entry the platform and refresh feeds on each its app and desktop web site throughout Monday’s outages had been met with a loading icon
Musk, who has owned the platform since late 2022, prompt a big coordinated group or nation is allegedly concerned. “We get attacked day-after-day, however this was executed with loads of assets,” Musk posted. “Both a big, coordinated group and/or a rustic is concerned.”
There was (nonetheless is) a large cyberattack in opposition to 𝕏.
We get attacked day-after-day, however this was executed with loads of assets. Both a big, coordinated group and/or a rustic is concerned.
Tracing … https://t.co/aZSO1a92no
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2025
Musk didn’t present any proof for his claims concerning the “cyber-attack” on X. His submit was in reply to a cryptocurrency influencer who prompt the outage adopted different opposition to Musk’s enterprises.
Later, on March 10, after posting, Musk claimed on Fox Information that IP addresses concerned within the cyber assault had been traced to areas “within the Ukraine space”.
“We’re undecided precisely what occurred however there was a large cyber-attack to try to convey down the X system with IP addresses originating within the Ukraine space,” Musk stated. As The Guardian experiences, the X CEO has been important of the Ukrainian authorities as relations between it and the Trump administration have soured.
In different Elon Musk-related information, a poster has popped up in London depicting a Tesla and urging folks to not purchase one of many billionaire’s “Swasticars”. Noticed on the aspect of a bus cease in Bethnal Inexperienced, East London earlier this week, the poster leads with a banner studying: “Goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds”.
The picture additionally exhibits Musk photoshopped right into a Tesla – the electrical automotive firm for which he’s CEO – whereas performing his now-infamous gesture from Donald Trump’s inauguration rally in January. On the occasion, the billionaire slapped his chest together with his proper hand and flung his arm diagonally upwards in what many onlookers have condemned as being paying homage to a Nazi salute.
Marketing campaign group Everybody Hates Elon seems to have taken credit score for the poster, sharing a photograph of the banner being put in on the bus cease. “Be a disgrace if these popped up all over the world,” they wrote on Instagram, earlier than sharing a hyperlink to a GoFundMe marketing campaign, promising to ship a PDF of the poster to anybody who needs one.