Elon Musk and Donald Trump's meeting got off to a turbulent start, with Musk claiming there was a DDoS attack, but some insiders denying it



On August 13, 2024, former President Donald Trump returned to X (formerly Twitter) after a year and held an online conversation with X owner Elon Musk. The conversation, which should have been carefully prepared as a conversation with a presidential candidate, was interrupted shortly after it began and was not resumed for 42 minutes, resulting in trouble.




The interview was held on X's live streaming service 'Space' and was supposed to start at around 8:00 a.m. Japan time, but a problem occurred shortly after and the interview was temporarily suspended. It resumed 42 minutes later.

Former President Trump finally returns to X (formerly Twitter) - GIGAZINE



18 minutes after the conversation was supposed to begin, Musk reported that 'it appears that a large-scale DDoS attack was underway against X' and that they were working to restart the service.

According to Musk, the system was tested that morning with 8 million simultaneous listeners.




Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes into the broadcast, approximately 1.31 million listeners had tuned in.



Even after the interview began, Musk continued, 'As the massive attacks show, there is a lot of opposition to people even hearing what former President Trump has to say.'

On the other hand, there are also voices saying that there was no large-scale attack as Musk said.

According to technology media The Verge, an X representative said, 'There was no actual denial of service attack,' while another X staff member said, 'There's a 99% chance that Musk is lying about the attack.'

Prior to the start of the dialogue, European Commissioner Thierry Breton sent Musk an open letter, saying, 'X has obligations under the Digital Services Act, which require it to take effective mitigation measures for livestreaming and other events, the failure to do so could have a negative impact on civil debate and public safety.'




In response, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign issued a statement condemning the move, saying, 'The European Union should be minding its own business instead of trying to interfere in our presidential elections.'

Space was also used when Republican candidate Ron DeSantis announced his candidacy for the US presidential election in 2023, but problems arose immediately after the launch and silence lasted for about 25 minutes.

When he announced his candidacy for the presidential election on Twitter, it crashed and failed, CEO Musk explained that it was a 'server glitch' - GIGAZINE



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