BREAKING NEWS: X Experiences Outage Once Again
In a troubling turn of events, the social media platform X has gone down once more, just days after Elon Musk made significant changes to ownership. Reports indicate a staggering increase in user complaints, with 362 issues logged on Downdetector at 7:51 PM EDT, a significant rise from only 25 complaints earlier at 5:21 PM. Users have noted problems both with the X app and the website, with 47% experiencing issues on the app and 44% with the website. A smaller fraction, 9%, reported server connection difficulties.
This interruption echoes a previous outage on March 10, which Musk attributed to “massive cyberattacks.” On that occasion, he communicated via X, asserting that the attack was the result of a well-resourced, coordinated group or even an entire country. The effects of such setbacks are not limited to user experience; on the same day, Tesla shares plummeted by over 14%, wiping out more than $15 billion from Musk’s wealth. Currently, X’s service disruption is being felt across major U.S. cities including Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Detroit, Chicago, and others.
According to a different outage-tracking site, X has been down for around three hours as of 9:56 PM EDT, with many users reporting slow speeds, inaccessibility, or error messages. Further complicating matters for Musk, Tesla’s stock has seen a decline, losing $7.45 in total, impacting his stock value by $1.08 billion. Just last weekend, Musk had surprised many with the announcement of X’s sale for $45 billion to his startup, xAI. Originally buying Twitter for $44 billion, this recent transaction has significantly increased xAI’s valuation, now estimated at $80 billion.