Mumbai, August 13:Ā Recently Elon Musk and Donald Trump online interview wasĀ crashedĀ and interrupted by technical problems. Several usersĀ joined the conversation between the techĀ billionaireĀ andĀ 45th president of the United States of America. Elon Musk posted on XĀ about rescheduling his interview on X next time with limited users onboard.

During theĀ interviewĀ between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, users were unable to join the audio conversation on XĀ Spaces.Ā Elon Musk concluded that it was aĀ malicious DDoS attack which marred the interview causing several technical glitches.Ā TheĀ much-awaited interview was set to begin on 8 PM ET on Monday butĀ due to massive crashes caused byĀ a potential cyberattackĀ sabotagedĀ it.Ā Elon Muskā€™s Donald Trump Interview Marred by Technical Glitches, Users Unable To Join Audio Conversation on Xā€™s Spaces Platform; Tesla CEO Says Its a Malicious Attack.

What is DDoS Attack That Disrupted Elon Musk-Donald Trump Interview?

DDoS meaningĀ distributed-denial-of-service is aĀ cyberattackĀ aimed atĀ disrupting normal traffic of targeted server, network or a service. DDoS attack isĀ considered a federal criminal act in the United States as it floods a website with a data that leads to aĀ profile knock out making it offline.Ā The hackersĀ attempt this type of attack byĀ utilisingĀ several compromised computer systems as source of the attack traffic.

In simple words, the DDoS attack is considered as unexpected traffic jam that stops the normalĀ trafficĀ (here the interested users) toĀ reach to the destination.Ā According to Downdetector,Ā before the interviewĀ of Elon Musk with Donald Trump began, several X users started facing theĀ technical issuesĀ such as not being able toĀ access the platform. Elon Musk already posted that he ran some testsĀ on X to ensure the interview would go smooth. However, it was marredĀ likely by threat actors.Ā Elon Musk Donald Trump Interview: European Commissioner Warns Tech Billionaire, CEO Linda Yaccarino To Comply With EUā€™s DSA Law Amid Risk of Harmful Content.

Following the failure, the tech billionaire posted on X, "There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on š•. Working on shutting it down." The Elon Musk and Donald Trump's interview was expected to touch different topics such as politics, crypto, artificial intelligence and business. However, the unexpectedĀ glitchesĀ caused by potentially an pre-planned DDoS attack sabotaged the entire interview, forcing the Tesla CEO toĀ reschedule itĀ againĀ in the future.

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