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Why did X just go down? The "massive cyberattack" on Twitter explained

The social media site X, formerly called Twitter, has seen its biggest outages for years today. The app and website has been down for thousands of users several times, so what's causing the problems? CEO Elon Musk has claimed that the site has been hit by a "massive cyberattack" with a "lot of resources" behind it. Here's everything we know about that attack – and why AI-powered repeats are on the rise...

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Why did X just go down? The "massive cyberattack" on Twitter explained
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    X is back – here's what we know about the 'massive cyberattack' that caused Twitter to go down multiple times

    X is back – here's what we know about the 'massive cyberattack' that caused Twitter to go down multiple times

    When did this latest X outage start? This is very much a global X / Twitter outage, with reports of problems climbing fast in the US and UK from …

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