{"id":11918,"date":"2025-03-10T19:24:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/x-is-down-for-some-users-with-musk-claiming-a-cyberattack-is-hitting-the-social-media-service\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T19:24:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:24:50","slug":"x-is-down-for-some-users-with-musk-claiming-a-cyberattack-is-hitting-the-social-media-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/x-is-down-for-some-users-with-musk-claiming-a-cyberattack-is-hitting-the-social-media-service\/","title":{"rendered":"X is down for some users, with Musk claiming a cyberattack is hitting the social media service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Social media website X was down for many users on Monday, with its billionaire owner, Elon Musk, claiming the outage was the result of a &#8220;massive cyberattack&#8221; against the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>X remained functional for some users, including Musk, who addressed the partial outage on the platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X,&#8221; he wrote in a post. &#8220;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 \u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>X users first started reporting problems at around 5:00 a.m. EST,\u00a0 according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Downdetector<\/a>, which tracks outages across popular websites. Reports of the site being down peaked at 9:56 a.m. with nearly 40,000 users reporting issues, according to Downdetector. Connection issues persisted into the afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>X users first started reporting problems at around 5:00 a.m. EST. Reports of the site being down peaked at 9:56 a.m. with nearly 40,000 users reporting issues, according to Downdetector. Connection issues persisted into the afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>X did not immediately respond to a request from CBS MoneyWatch for comment on the outage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In August 2024, Musk blamed a cyberattack for crashing X on the day he was scheduled to stream an interview with then-former President Donald Trump. He provided no evidence that the site outage was tied to a cyberattack, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2024-musk-trump-x-interview-troubles-51dfc560065aae825e6bb3f826090e4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who is also the CEO of Tesla, has taken on a leading role at the Department of Government Efficiency,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-germany-far-right-afd-remarks-auschwitz-holocaust-remembrance-day\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">or DOGE<\/a><\/span>, a cost-cutting effort that is slashing jobs across the federal government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tesla is experiencing a backlash by some consumers who object to his government role and close ties to Mr. Trump. Some Tesla owners have <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tesla-sales-elon-musk-reputation-brand-damage-trump-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sold their vehicles<\/a><\/span> to distance themselves from the entrepreneur, while <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tesla-violence-protest-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Tesla dealerships have been targeted and vandalized<\/a><\/span> by anti-Tesla protestors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tesla shares tumbled $41.26, or 15.7%, to $221.42 in late afternoon trading. 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