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Firstpost @ Firstpost Tech · 03/10/2025 14:00 EDT

'A country is involved:' Elon Musk says X suffered massive cyberattack; 'Dark Storm' claims responsibility

The latest outage was reported at 8:44 pm IST (3:14 pm GMT), with more than 34,500 users reporting issues in accessing the app in US alone on Downdetector

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