So to quote X’s own tagline “what’s happening”?

There was another spike in reported outages shortly after this, representing the fourth of the day.

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When did this latest X outage start?

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They’ve just hit a peak of 30,000 reports in the US, which is a massive outage.

So, what’s causing the problems?

Back then, that seemed like a long time for the site to be down.

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What’s causing the outage?

So far, X hasn’t responded to requests for comment on what’s causing its major problems today.

Some have speculated that the X outage has been sparked by aDDOS attack.

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While that’s certainly possible, there’s been nothing official to suggest that’s the case.

The only question now is how long this might go on for… X is still working as expected for many of my TechRadar colleagues and myself.

Additionally, Elon Musk has gone back to regularly posting on the platform.

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There has been no further commentary on what caused the cyberattack as of yet, though.

Down Detector reports have dropped to just over 2,000 as of 3:33PM ET as well.

The morning after…

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A laptop screen showing an X post from Elon Musk about a massive cyberattack

X reported outages as of 3:33PM ET on March 10, 2025 according to Down Detector.