BREAKING: Elon Musk Says X Hit by ‘Massive Cyber Attack’ as Users Unable to Log in

X has been hit by a “massive cyber attack”, according to Elon Musk.

The boss of the social media platform said the attack was carried out “with a lot of resources”.

Mr. Musk suggested that a large, coordinated group, a nation-state, or both were behind the attack.

Posting on the platform, he wrote:
“There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X.

“We get attacked every day, but this one involved significant resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved. Tracing…”*

According to tracking website Downdetector.com, around 40,000 users reported being unable to access the platform this afternoon.

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Reports of outages surged around 10 a.m. on Monday in the UK, peaking again at 2 p.m. A source in the internet infrastructure industry told Reuters that the platform experienced multiple waves of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks starting at approximately 9:45 a.m.

The National Cyber Security Centre defines DoS attacks as attempts to overwhelm a website or network, either slowing it down or rendering it completely inaccessible.

(Sky News)

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