Is X Still Down? Elon Musk Claims a ‘Massive Cyberattack’ Caused Major Outages at His Social Media Site

Tens of thousands of users reported outages on X, formally Twitter. Here’s what we know.

By Erin Davis | Mar 10, 2025
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More than Elon Musk’s social media platform X being down in the U.S., according to Downdetector.

The app and site appeared to be working as of 2:15 p.m. ET. that the company is currently “tracing” the cause.

“There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X,” Musk wrote. “We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources.”

Reuters reports that more than 10,800 users in the U.K. . X did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.

According to , X experienced several outages on Monday beginning in the early morning hours Eastern Time.

Major cities including New York, Boston, and Los Angeles experienced .

X, formally Twitter, is usually the place people go to find out if a social media site or website is down. But where do people go when it is X that isn’t working? , perhaps?

A screenshot of X.com not loading at 12:15 p.m. on the Safari web browser.

When Did X Stop Working?

Users began reporting issues at around 6:30 a.m. ET on Monday.

Although the site briefly began working again around 10:45 a.m. ET, both the app and website appear to still be down as of 12:15 p.m. ET.

X was working again (at least for this reporter) at 2:15 p.m. ET.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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More than Elon Musk’s social media platform X being down in the U.S., according to Downdetector.

The app and site appeared to be working as of 2:15 p.m. ET. that the company is currently “tracing” the cause.

“There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X,” Musk wrote. “We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources.”

Erin Davis • Trending News Writer

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