Elon Musk announced that X (formerly Twitter) experienced a significant cyberattack on Monday, potentially orchestrated by a large group or a nation-state. The attack resulted in three outages lasting nearly an hour each, with peak disruptions reported around 3:00 PM and 7:30 PM by users in India. Musk stated that while X faces daily attacks, this one was notably resource-intensive. Tracking website Downdetector indicated that over half of the issues were website-related, while app and server connection problems accounted for 41% and 8%, respectively. Musk, who acquired X in 2022, recently gained 200 million followers.
Elon Musk announced that X (formerly Twitter) experienced a significant cyberattack on Monday, indicating that it might have been orchestrated by a large, coordinated group or potentially a nation-state. The incident resulted in three outages throughout the day, each lasting nearly an hour.
“There was (and still is) a substantial cyberattack against X. We face attacks daily, but this one was executed with considerable resources. It’s likely a large, organized group and/or a country is involved. Tracing…,” Elon Musk posted 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 … https://t.co/aZSO1a92no
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2025
According to Downdetector, the platform experienced three outages during the day, with peak interruptions occurring around 3:00 pm, where almost 2,200 users in India reported difficulties, followed by another surge at 7:30 pm with 1,500 reports, and continuing into the evening around 9:00 pm as users encountered more access challenges.
Elon Musk purchased X in 2022 for $44 billion. By 2023, he became the first individual to reach 200 million followers on X.
The monitoring website revealed that approximately 52 percent of the issues were related to the website, 41 percent to the app, and 8 percent pertained to server connection problems.