Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) faced significant technical issues, with over 7,100 user complaints. Approximately 39% reported app access problems, and many encountered an error message. Previously this month, a DDoS attack by Dark Storm, a Pro-Palestinian group, caused intermittent outages, with reports peaking at 40,000 affected users. Musk indicated substantial coordinated cyberattacks were responsible.
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