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Elon Musk Blames Cyberattack After X Hit By Waves Of Outages Elon Musk Blames Cyberattack After X Hit By Waves Of Outages
Elon Musk Blames Cyberattack After X Hit By Waves Of Outages Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has experienced separate significant waves of outages which the billionaire entrepreneur attributes to a potential cyberattack. The issues began around 6 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, March 10 when approximately 20,538 users reported problems, according to DownDetector, a site that tracks outages,  The outages subsided briefly before resurging, with nearly 40,000 users reporting issues by 10 a.m. Since then, around 26,000 additional reports have been logged as of 12:30 p.m. ET. Many users said that the app would not load properly and posts were not…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Facebook, Instagram Issues Resolved After Widespread Outage: Meta Facebook, Instagram Issues Resolved After Widespread Outage: Meta
Facebook, Instagram Issues Resolved After Widespread Outage: Meta Facebook and Instagram users were locked out of their accounts Tuesday morning, March 5 in what appeared to have been a widespread outage. Hundreds and thousands of both Facebook and Instagram users had reported problems on DownDetector as of 11 a.m. The issue was resolved at approximately 11:45 a.m. Meta spokesman Andy Stone addressed the outage on Twitter: Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience. https://t.co/ybyy…

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by Cecilia Levine