Elon Musk says X facing massive cyberattack amid global outages

Thousands of X (formerly Twitter) users reported outages on Sunday, with many unable to refresh their feeds, send posts, or access their accounts.

The disruptions affected users across multiple regions, including the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, according to DownDetector.

While the company has yet to issue an official explanation, X owner Elon Musk suggested that the platform was under a large-scale cyberattack.

“There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X,” Musk posted. “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 …”

X has faced outages in the past, often attributed to technical glitches or server overloads. However, Musk’s claim of a major cyberattack raises concerns about the platform’s security and potential involvement of state-sponsored actors or highly coordinated hacking groups.

The company has not yet provided further details on the attack or what steps are being taken to resolve it.