By Gill Bikram Singh 
Elon Musk revealed that X (formerly known as Twitter) was targeted by a massive cyberattack on Monday, suggesting that a well-organized group or even a nation-state might be responsible. The attack caused three major outages during the day, each lasting nearly an hour.
“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…,” Musk posted on X.
According to Downdetector, X experienced three significant disruptions throughout the day. The first spike occurred around 3:00 pm with approximately 2,200 reports from users in India. The issues resurfaced at 7:30 pm with 1,500 reports and continued around 9:00 pm, as users faced further difficulties accessing the platform.
The tracking site indicated that 52 percent of the reported problems were related to the website, 41 percent to the mobile app, and 8 percent involved server connection issues.
Elon Musk purchased X in 2022 for $44 billion and, in 2023, became the first person to reach 200 million followers on the platform.