Former President Donald Trump expressed frustration over news coverage of his recent conversation with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on the Truth Social platform. The virtual event experienced a more than 40-minute delay due to technical difficulties.
Trump praised Musk as a 'fantastic guy' and highlighted the record number of views and hits the event received. He criticized the media for focusing on the server crash that occurred at the beginning of the stream, attributing it to high volume. However, Musk later stated that a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack had overwhelmed the servers, causing the disruption.
DDOS attacks involve flooding a website with fake traffic to disrupt its operations. Musk also acknowledged that mistakes by X's staff contributed to the technical issues that prevented some users from joining the stream.
Despite the challenges, the rest of the X platform remained operational during the stream, raising questions about the specific targeting of the attack. The exact nature of the technical issue and the extent of the disruption caused by the DDOS attack remain unclear.
