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X melts down after Trump-Musk's interview 'Space' immediately crashes

Author: Joseph A. Wulfsohn Source: Fox News:

August 12, 2024 at 22:01

Elon Musk's X was plagued with technical malfunction as he was set to interview former President Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Musk alleged the crash was the result of a 'DDOS attack on X'

Critics railed against the technical difficulties that plagued X owner Elon Musk's highly-anticipated interview with former President Trump.

X users rushed to join Trump's "Space" where he was supposed to speak with the billionaire tech tycoon on the 2024 race. However, the "Space" immediately crashed due to the influx of users, offering the message "This Space is unavailable."

Moments later, Musk took to X, telling users, "There appears to be a massive DDOS [distributed denial-of-service] attack on 𝕏. Working on shutting it down. Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later."

There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on 𝕏. Working on shutting it down.

Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 13, 2024

In response to one X user who speculated that Democrats were involved in technical meltdown, Musk wrote "Yeah."