Twitter’s big collapse: Severe cyber attack on Eilon Musk X Network

Twitter collapsed: social media network X in the ownership Elon Musk,Today, a series of faults and long -haired disdain is experienced following an unusual cyber attack in its intensity. Musk today confirmed that his social media platform is massively and ongoing, adding that the attackers use many particularly resources. He said it was a large and well -coordinated group, or even a foreign country -sponsored attack. Following the attacks, millions of users around the world found it difficult to enter the service, and many others received repeated error messages.

Today in noon, Israel’s social network users first reported significant faults in access to their accounts. Shortly, the malfunctions seemed to solve themselves, but the disruptions quickly renewed more with a dramatic increase in the number of complaints about errors and problems with access to the site, indicating that the aggravated and spreading attack quickly.

Users who tried to enter the service received strange error messages providing network security and assault protection services – Cloudflate explicitly noted that “the Internet server returns an unknown error”, a phrase that usually indicates the collapse of the technological infrastructure due to exceptional loads or a coordinated cyber attack.

Elon Musk, who usually responds quickly and directly to users, did not wait long before referring directly to the crisis. He tweeted to his account, which has over 219 million followers, and wrote in the afternoon (US watch): “The cyber attack on X was still massive. We are attacked daily, but this time the attackers worked with a lot of resources. This is probably a large and compatible group and perhaps even in a foreign country. We are still researching and trying to locate the source of the attack. ”

The attack on X occurs in a very sensitive period in terms of Musk. Since purchased Twitter in October 2022 for about $ 44 billion, the company has undergone dramatic changes, which included layoffs of about 80% of manpower. In July 2023, Musk decided to re -branded to Twitter, making it “X” – a move that was part of his vision to make the platform a “all” app that covers not only social media but also financial services, shopping, and entertainment content.

In recent times, Musk himself has been in turbulent political disputes in the US. Donald Trump Musk has taken on a key role in his government as the head of the “Department of Government efficiency”, as part of this role, Peter Musk has thousands of government workers as part of a significant reduction policy led by the Trump administration. These measures have extensive criticism of Musk, including a wave of protests against his other business, including the electric vehicle company Tesla and his Space SPACE X.

Following the attack, there was also great volatility in the financial markets. Tesla’s stock responded with a sharp decline in trading, due to the fear that Musk’s controversial actions, and the recent political role, turns him and the companies he owns into attractive destinations for extensive cyber attacks.

Alongside the operational injury on Twitter, the attack emphasizes the great sensitivity of large social networks for such attacks. Cyber ​​experts estimate that the current attack indicates possible weaknesses of X’s infrastructure, mainly in light of the significant manpower narrowing Musk in recent months. Some experts claim that dismissal many information security workers have made X injury and more exposed to such attacks.

The current attack comes even after Hask himself has previously admitted that his social network absorbs hundreds of assault attempts daily, but he says these attacks are usually relatively small and quickly blocked by the company’s defense systems. Today, it seems, it was a large and exceptional event on any scale, which managed to significantly damage the service and create great image damage.

The US administration announced that it is closely monitoring the events and helping X explore the source of the attack. US security officials note that if it is indeed a foreign country attack, this may lead to further escalation in US relations with hostile officials.

In recent hours, Twitter services have been gradually began to return to regular action, but there are still specific apps for app approach. The company has not yet issued a formal and detailed announcement of the scope of technological damage, and only initial estimates talk about tens of millions of users affected by the global fault.