Elon Musk says X facing cyber attack as users report massive outage

Elon Musk’s X/Twitter faced another outage, leaving thousands unable to access the platform.

 Twitter logo (photo credit: REUTERS)
Twitter logo
(photo credit: REUTERS)

Elon Musk's social media platform X/Twitter was down again for several hours for over 40,000 users internationally, according to Downdetector.com.

At 5:40 p.m., the app had approximately 28,570 outage reports, the website found. Some 57% of users reported problems with the app, while 32% reported issues with the website. 

 Elon Musk Twitter account is seen in this illustration taken, July 24, 2023. (credit: REUTERS/DADO RUVIC/ILLUSTRATION/FILE PHOTO)
Elon Musk Twitter account is seen in this illustration taken, July 24, 2023. (credit: REUTERS/DADO RUVIC/ILLUSTRATION/FILE PHOTO)

Earlier X/Twitter outages 

Reuters previously reported that the social media site was down for some 11,000 people, user-submitted data on the outage-tracking website showed.

More than 10,800 users in the UK also reported outages earlier in the day.

X did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.