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Elon Musk says X has been target of 'massive cyberattack' that originated in 'the Ukraine area'
Many users are finding the app and website aren’t loading, or are extremely sluggish.
LAST UPDATE | 10 Mar 2025
ELON MUSK, THE owner of X, has said the site has been the target of a “massive cyberattack” which he said originated “in the Ukraine area”.
It comes as many users found the app and website aren’t loading, or are extremely sluggish.
In a post to X, Musk said: “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.”
He did not indicate when the problems might be resolved.
In an interview with Fox News, Musk said: “We’re not sure exactly what happened but there was a massive cyber attack to try to bring down the X system with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area.”
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