Elon Musk claims that the fall of X is due to a “massive cyber attack” without providing evidence
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has been experiencing outages throughout Monday. And its owner, Elon Musk, has finally stated what is causing it. Or, more precisely, what he believes is causing it. The mogul claims that X is being targeted by a “major cyber attack,” although he did not provide any evidence to support his claim.
“There was (and still is) a massive cyber attack against X,” Musk tweeted. “We get attacked every day, but this was done with many resources. Either a large and coordinated group and/or a country is involved. Tracking ongoing…”
Musk appears to be simply speculating about the cause of the outages, as he leaves everything up in the air. And it is important to remember that he has a long history of lies on various topics. A recent example occurred in an interview with Joe Rogan, where Musk lied about several things, including the idea that Tesla had no employees when he joined the company. For years, Musk has tried to attribute the founding of the company to himself, something that is not true. Rogan asked him about it, which led the billionaire to insist on his lie.
X suffers one of its worst outages since Musk bought the platform
X has experienced several relatively small outages since Musk bought the website in October 2022, but Monday’s outage has been severe. Interestingly, there appear to be significant regional differences in access to the platform. A Gizmodo writer working in Southern California experienced intermittent outages on Monday but was able to access the site at the time of writing this article. Other Gizmodo employees in New York and South Carolina, however, were unable to access the platform.
If X is being targeted by a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS), who could be behind it? There are too many potential suspects to count. Musk has angered many people in recent months, first by helping Donald Trump to be elected president with at least $277 million in donations to his campaign. Then, he performed a salute on the day Trump took office, something he later denied doing with the intention of evoking Nazi Germany. After that, the mogul illegally dismantled federal agencies like USAID and sent his team of Dogecoin (DOGE) followers to infiltrate , including tax return information at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Social Security databases.
Musk portrays himself as a victim while facing criticism and protests
We may never know the true reason why X is having issues today, but we can be sure that, whatever happens, Musk will take advantage of the situation to portray himself as a victim. That is typical thinking of the MAGA movement, and it doesn’t matter that Musk is the richest man in the world. They always find a way to portray themselves as an oppressed minority.
Musk and his company, Tesla, have been the subject of protests in recent days at dealerships across the country. Instead of admitting that people might genuinely be upset about the fascist takeover he is leading, the billionaire insists that everything is the result of a conspiracy by wealthy liberals like George Soros, who, according to him, are trying to harm him.
“An investigation has found that five groups funded by ActBlue are responsible for the ‘protests’ against Tesla: Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project, and Democratic Socialists of America,” wrote Musk.
Musk accuses ActBlue of being behind the protests against Tesla
ActBlue is essentially just a payment processor, but Musk tries to make it sound like a secret organization conspiring against him. If you donated to any group or candidate aligned with the Democratic Party during the 2024 presidential campaign, ActBlue is likely to appear on your bank statement.
“Among ActBlue’s financiers are George Soros, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Sandler, Patricia Bauman, and Leah Hunt-Hendrix,” Musk continued. “ActBlue is currently under investigation for allowing foreign and illegal donations in criminal violation of campaign financing regulations. This week, seven top ActBlue officials resigned, including the associate general counsel.”
It is worth noting that Herbert Sandler passed away in 2019, Patricia Bauman in 2024, and George Soros no longer makes public appearances due to his advanced age. Musk doesn’t know what he’s talking about, but he will continue to blame deceased individuals for the legitimate outrage that has arisen against him.
X did not immediately respond to questions sent by email on Monday. Gizmodo will update this post if a response is received.
This article has been translated from Gizmodo US by Lucas Handley. you can find the original version.
