On March 10, 2025, X (formerly Twitter) endured widespread outages, locking thousands of users from accounts, feeds, and posting features.
Elon Musk, the platform’s owner, attributed the chaos to a “massive cyberattack,” hinting at a coordinated effort by a large group or nation-state. Downdetector.com logged over 40,000 complaints by 10 a.m. ET, with another 25,000 reports spiking later that afternoon across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Musk addressed the crisis on X, writing, “There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X. This was done with a lot of resources.” The U.S. saw the worst impact, with 56% of app users and 33% of web users affected.
There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against 𝕏.
We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved.
Tracing … https://t.co/aZSO1a92no
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2025The disruptions recall X’s outages in March 2023, raising questions about platform stability. Engineers are racing to fix the issue, but no culprits have been named yet.
Read: Twitter Outage Hits Users: Cause Unknown After 30 Minutes
As X falters, frustrated users have turned to Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon, which stayed online. Musk’s team continues probing the attack’s source, and there is no timeline for full recovery.
The March 2025 outages spotlight X’s vulnerability, testing user loyalty as alternatives gain traction. Updates are pending as the investigation unfolds.
