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After experiencing a global outage lasting several hours, Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and owner of the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), claimed the platform was targeted by a “massive cyberattack.”
Musk suggested that the attack involved significant resources and was orchestrated by a large, coordinated group or possibly a nation.
“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,” he wrote 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 … https://t.co/aZSO1a92no
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2025
He made the statement in response to a user on X, who cited the protests against DOGE and the targeting of Tesla stores, and said the possibility of this downtime being an ‘attack’ on X, can’t be ruled out.
The outage peaked at 3 pm with 2,612 users reporting issues, followed by another spike between 6 pm and 7:30 pm, affecting 1,312 users. As of the latest update, the platform remains unstable.
Downdetector only reports an incident when the number of problem reports is significantly higher than the typical volume for that time of day.
Earlier, users took to Downdetector to express their frustration, with one user suggesting that Musk should “fire himself” due to his handling of the platform. Another user from India reported that the platform was not working in the country.
One individual wrote on the Downdetector site, “Musk need to fire himself. Terrible on running “X”. One Indian citizen also commented and wrote, “Not working in India right now.”
(With inputs from ANI)
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