X Faces Brief Outage Users Unable to Load New Posts

X (formerly Twitter) faced a brief outage on Tuesday, impacting users worldwide.

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Downdetector reported 36,500 outage reports in the US at the peak of the issue.

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Users in India struggled to load new posts and refresh their feeds during the outage.

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Elon Musk claimed a “massive” cyber-attack caused the outage, disrupting a conversation with Donald Trump.

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The outage lasted less than an hour, with users unable to access or update their feeds.

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X has faced tech issues since Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition, with frequent glitches reported.

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The cause of the outage remains unclear, but X is working on resolving the issue.

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