{"id":4511,"date":"2024-08-13T05:41:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T05:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptd.in\/elon-musk-claims-massive-ddos-attack-targeting-x-trump-conversation\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T05:41:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T05:41:29","slug":"elon-musk-claims-massive-ddos-attack-targeting-x-trump-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptd.in\/lv\/elon-musk-claims-massive-ddos-attack-targeting-x-trump-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Claims Massive DDOS Attack Targeting X Trump Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Aug. 12, X owner Elon Musk said there appeared to be a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on the micro-blogging platform, \u201cworking on shutting it down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A DDOS attack aims to disrupt a website or service by flooding the network with spurious traffic in an effort to prevent users from accessing the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs this massive attack illustrates, there\u2019s a lot of opposition to people just hearing what president Trump has to say and so, but I\u2019m honored to have this conversation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on \ud835\udd4f. Working on shutting it down. <\/p>\n<p>Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1823152153445404990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2>Trump Speech Attacked?<\/h2>\n<p>The alleged attack coincided with a joint X Spaces event hosting a conversation between Musk and former President Donald Trump scheduled for 8 pm Eastern Time.<\/p>\n<p>The highly anticipated discussion, which had been promoted by both parties, was intended to mark the presidential candidate\u2019s return to X.\u00a0Musk reported that the system had already been tested earlier that day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tested the system with 8 million concurrent listeners earlier today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After which, he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1823154463831728628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a> that the X Spaces event would proceed with a smaller number of concurrent listeners at 20:30 ET, and then they would post the unedited audio immediately thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 13, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1823212033816584201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teica .<\/a> that \u201calmost all of the legacy media will trash the Trump conversation, thus driving total listeners probably past 200+ million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It will blow up even more tomorrow <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Co49tzce5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/2Co49tzce5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1823218291097395334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Trump returned to X on Aug. 12 where he posted for the first time since January 2021, when he was banned from the platform.\u00a0Over the past three years, he has switched to primarily posting on his own social media platform, Truth Social.<\/p>\n<h2>No Mention of Crypto<\/h2>\n<p>During the event, Trump recounted his assassination attempt in detail and spoke about immigration. There were no mentions of crypto or Elon Musk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/dogecoin-spikes-14-on-latest-elon-musk-endorsement\/\">affinity for Dogecoin<\/a> (DOGE).<\/p>\n<p>In general, Trump\u2019s friendly interview with Musk did not reveal any new information about the former president\u2019s thinking or his plans should he win a second term in November\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trump has been very <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/donald-trump-says-bitcoin-will-likely-overtake-gold-one-day-live-at-bitcoin-2024\/\">vocal<\/a> about Bitcoin recently, pledging not to sell any of the U.S. Treasury\u2019s stash should he get elected.<\/p>\n<p>Even rival Kamala Harris has acknowledged crypto voters with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/harris-campaign-targets-crypto-voters-with-new-industry-advocacy-group\/\">formation<\/a> of a new advocacy group called \u201cCrypto for Harris\u201d last week.<\/p>\n<p>Amats <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/elon-musk-claims-massive-ddos-attack-targeting-x-trump-conversation\/\">Elon Musk Claims Massive DDOS Attack Targeting X Trump Conversation<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Aug. 12, X owner Elon Musk said there appeared to be a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on the micro-blogging platform, \u201cworking on shutting it down.\u201d A DDOS attack aims to disrupt a website or service by flooding the network with spurious traffic in an effort to prevent users from accessing the site. \u201cAs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feeds"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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