X's Trump-Musk livestream glitches and DDoS claim
Donald Trump and Elon Musk's live conversation on X suffered access problems and technical issues. Musk claimed a massive DDoS attack was the cause. It is not known whether an attack was confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- X
- Incident type
- DDoS
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Access problems with the Trump-Musk live conversation
- Cause / method
- Elon Musk claimed a DDoS attack was the cause
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- Glitches occurred during Trump and Musk's conversation on X, and Musk claimed a cyberattack was the cause.
- Musk claimed a massive DDoS attack was behind the livestream's access problems and technical issues.
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