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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Nick Robins-Early

Elon Musk claims ‘massive cyber-attack’ caused X outages

X app logo seen displayed on an iPhone's app store
‘We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources,’ Elon Musk posted. Photograph: Mateusz Słodkowski/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Elon Musk claimed on Monday afternoon that X was targeted in a “massive cyber-attack” that resulted in the intermittent service outages that had brought down his social network throughout the day. The platform, formerly known as Twitter, had been unresponsive for many users as posts failed to load.

“We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources,” the platform’s CEO posted. “Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved.”

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