Elon Musk Says Cyberattack Crashed Site Ahead of Trump Livestream Interview
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:58 am
Elon Musk’s highly anticipated interview with US Presidential candidate Donald Trump on the X social media platform Monday night was impacted by technical glitches and what the Tesla CEO said was a cyberattack.
Scheduled to start at 8 PM ET, many users reported that they were unable to access X’s livestream platform.
“There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on 𝕏,” Musk Tweeted at 8:18PM ET. “Working on shutting it down. Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later.”
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Elon Musk Says Cyberattack Crashed Site Ahead of Trump Livestream Interview
Scheduled to start at 8 PM ET, many users reported that they were unable to access X’s livestream platform.
“There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on 𝕏,” Musk Tweeted at 8:18PM ET. “Working on shutting it down. Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later.”
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Elon Musk Says Cyberattack Crashed Site Ahead of Trump Livestream Interview