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Elon Musk claims X being targeted in ’massive cyberattack’ as service goes down

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Elon Musk claims X was targeted in a “massive cyberattack’s” outage.

Outages began Monday morning , with more than 40,000 users reporting no access to the social media platform.

Musk bought the former Twitter in 2022 and also serves as the CEO of Tesla .

Expert says likelihood that a state actor is behind the outages “doesn’t make a lot of sense”.

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