By Elon Musk claimed on Monday that social media platform X was targeted by a “massive cyberattack,” which he suspected was orchestrated by a large, coordinated group or a nation-state.
The comments followed multiple outages reported by users across several countries earlier in the day.
“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 …” the billionaire 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 …
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Elon Musk’s comments came in response to a post linking the X outage to a series of recent incidents.
The post suggested a possible connection between protests against Dogecoin, attacks on Tesla stores, and the platform’s downtime, speculating that the outage could be the result of an attack on X.
The outages coincide with protests at Tesla facilities across the country. Elon Musk has alleged that left-wing billionaire George Soros, Democratic donor and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and others are funding the demonstrations.
X outages throughout the day
According to Downdetector, the number of reported issues peaked at around 40,000 in the United States, while more than 10,800 users in the United Kingdom experienced similar disruptions.
The outage affected both the X app and website, with 56% of reported issues tied to the app and 33% linked to web access. Services resumed shortly after the disruptions.
Musk has previously attributed technical issues to cyberattacks.
When his conversation with Donald Trump on X was delayed by 42 minutes in August 2024, Musk cited a “100% probability of DDOS attacks,” referring to distributed denial-of-service attacks that overwhelm servers with excessive traffic.
In 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign announcement on X also faced technical difficulties.
Since acquiring X in 2022, Musk has implemented widespread layoffs and organizational changes, reducing the workforce by about 80% and requiring remaining employees to return to office full-time.
X fundraising talks
The development comes as the social media company is reportedly in discussions to raise new funding at a $44 billion valuation, the same price Musk paid when acquiring the platform, in 2022.
The potential funding round follows a period of user and advertiser departures after Musk’s changes to the platform.
Fidelity Investments had previously marked down its stake in the company by about 70% from the acquisition price.
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