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Billionaire speculates foreign involvement but provides no evidence
By Staff Writer with Agencies
Elon Musk claimed on Monday that X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, was the target of a “massive cyber-attack” after the site suffered widespread outages throughout the day. The billionaire CEO suggested that a “large, coordinated group and/or a country” was responsible but did not provide any evidence to support his assertion.
X users began experiencing issues early Monday morning, with posts failing to load and error messages appearing across the platform. According to Downdetector, a website that tracks online service disruptions, reports of outages peaked at around 5:45 a.m. CET, subsided for a few hours, and then surged again around midday. The majority of affected users were on the mobile app.
“We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources,” Musk posted on X in response to a cryptocurrency influencer’s claim that the outage was linked to broader opposition against the billionaire’s ventures.
Musk’s claim follows a series of challenges facing his business empire in recent days. On Friday, a SpaceX rocket exploded mid-flight, scattering debris near the Bahamas. Tesla has also been the focus of nationwide protests, with demonstrators targeting the electric car manufacturer’s dealerships. Additionally, the company’s stock price saw a notable decline on Monday, reaching its lowest level in months.
Musk has previously attributed technical failures to cyber-attacks, though some claims have later been disputed. In 2023, his livestreamed interview with Donald Trump crashed almost immediately, which Musk blamed on a “massive DDOS attack.” However, a source at X later told The Verge that no such attack had occurred.
The outages on X add to growing scrutiny over Musk’s leadership, particularly in his dealings with government officials. On Friday, he met with Trump and cabinet secretaries in what was described as a tense meeting. The former president reportedly suggested that Musk’s influence over government operations could be curbed after the billionaire’s mass firings of government staffers.
As of Monday evening, X had not provided an official statement confirming the nature or source of the outages.
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