Updated 13 August 2024 at 08:58 IST
'Cyber Attack' in Musk-Trump Interview Sparks Meme Fest on Internet, Here's How Netizens React
Elon Musk's interview with Donald Trump on X (formerly Twitter) experiences was delayed by a cyber attack, leading to widespread memes and reactions online
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Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk was scheduled to interview Former United States President Donald Trump on his social media network at 5:30 am IST.
However, the interview was delayed by more than 30 minutes due to a cyber attack, Musk confirmed.
"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," Musk posted on X.
Several users were unable to log in and soon "#crashed " and "DDOS" started to trend on the microblogging platform. Meanwhile, X users took to the internet and launched a meme fest.
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How Netizens React:
"The best part about Twitter Spaces is how well it works," said a user.
"The only site reliability engineer left at Twitter when Elon said he wanted to do another presidential candidate interview using Spaces," commented a person.
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A person wrote, "I was really hoping they were well prepared for this one.Would have been a really good look for X. I'm definitely disappointed and I won't be listening to the replay. Spaces just aren't special as reruns. They need to figure that out."
Published By : Navya Dubey
Published On: 13 August 2024 at 08:58 IST