New Delhi: Billionaire businessman Elon Musk’s interview of US Presidential nominee Donald Trump was marred by technical glitches which Tesla CEO attributed to a “massive DDOS attack on X.” The conversation initially scheduled to begin at 8pm ET was delayed by over 30 minutes.
As millions of users awaited the interview, Musk addressed the issue and attributed the delay to a cyber attack. He tweeted that they would proceed with the smaller number of concurrent listeners at 8:30 ET and then post the unedited audio immediately after the interview.
“There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on 𝕏. Working on shutting it down. Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later(sic),” Must wrote on X.
What is a DDoS attack?
DDoS stands for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), a malware that targets servers and websites by affecting network services. The malware attempts to exhaust an application’s resources in the process.
Usually the cybercriminals behind the attacks overwhelm a site with errant traffic, which leads to poor functioning of a website.
Businesses like gaming, ecommerce, and telecommunications are most prone to these cyberattacks. The attacks can end up compromising online security, sales, and reputation of a business.
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