Major Cyber Assault Targets X, Investigations Underway: Elon Musk

Synopsis

On March 10, Elon Musk revealed a significant cyberattack on his X platform, incapacitating millions of users globally, including in India. The attack is believed to involve a coordinated group or nation-state, raising concerns about free speech and platform security.

Key Takeaways

X platform faced a major cyberattack.
Millions of users were affected worldwide.
Elon Musk suspects a coordinated group or nation-state.
The outage peaked around 15:00 hours.
Recently increased subscription costs for X.

New Delhi, March 10 (NationPress) Elon Musk announced on Monday that a significant cyber assault has struck his X social media platform, rendering millions of users worldwide, including those in India, unable to access the well-known platform.

The X platform experienced a severe global outage as users found themselves unable to log in to the micro-blogging site.

“We face attacks every day, but this one was executed with considerable resources. It involves either a large, coordinated group or potentially a nation-state. We are tracing the source...” stated the billionaire in a post.

“There was (and still is) a significant cyberattack against X,” he mentioned, asserting that this is an effort to silence him and his platform.

X, previously known as Twitter, became non-operational for millions of users throughout the day.

As per outage monitoring platform DownDetector, the X outage reached its peak around 15:00 hours.

A user remarked: "Is Twitter down? Is anyone else facing the same issue? Can't open the comments section.”

“Thanks for the update. It's incredible how determined they are to suppress free speech,” another user commented.

“It seems like someone really doesn’t want X to succeed. I wonder who’s behind this,” added another.

DownDetector noted a significant surge, with users quickly turning to other platforms like Facebook and Instagram to voice their complaints about the social media site.

During the outage, X was entirely non-functional, leaving users unable to post tweets or even access pages on the platform.

X was purchased by Musk in October 2022 for $44 billion.

Since the acquisition, X has rarely faced outages, unlike its counterparts Facebook and Instagram.

Recently, the tech billionaire significantly increased the price of his top-tier subscription service (Premium+) for the X platform by a staggering 35% for both new and existing users in India, as well as in global markets.