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What caused the X outage that Musk is blaming on Ukraine?

What caused the X outage that Musk is blaming on Ukraine?

Update: 2025-03-11
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Social media platform X was hit by a series of outages yesterday in what its owner Elon Musk has called a “massive cyberattack” stemming from Ukraine. Analysts believe the disruption was caused by botnets — but finding the culprits will be a tall order.   The outages began at around 14:00 CET and lasted for most of the afternoon, trailing off at around 18:00 , according to Down Detector. While the outages appeared to have flatlined overnight, there was an uptick in reports of downtime starting from 08:00 AM today up until the time of writing. “We’re not sure exactly what happened,”…

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What caused the X outage that Musk is blaming on Ukraine?

What caused the X outage that Musk is blaming on Ukraine?

Siôn Geschwindt

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