By Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller
Washington (AP) – US officials haven’t determined who behind an obvious stand Cyber attack on the social media website X This restricted access to the platform for hundreds of users, based on a Trump management officer that’s conversant in the continuing examination of the matter.
The failure on Monday was described by the official as a cyber attack, which was not entitled to publicly comment on this matter and to speak concerning the condition of anonymity on Tuesday. The official added that the Republican administration takes all cyber attacks against American firms seriously, but underlined that the US government had not initiated a selected secret service about who could also be behind the attack.
The comments got here after Elon Musk, the billionaire from X and a top consultant by President Donald Trump, in a appearance in Fox Business Network's “Kudlow” show that the cyberattackers had “IP addresses with origin from the Ukraine region” Without going into detail what that would mean.
However, cyber security experts quickly identified that this doesn’t necessarily mean that the attack from Ukraine was created.
musk bought what was Twitter back then In 2022 and serves as CEO of Tesla, while effectively operating Trump's Department of Government Efficiency or Doge.
His electric vehicle company exposed some headwinds when he has grow to be the face of Trump's efforts to dramatically reduce the dimensions of the federal government by Doge. His stock fell 15% The largest one -day loss has been on Monday since September 2020.
Analysts said that Musk's relocation to right-wing politics doesn’t appear to be good for potential Tesla buyers, who’re generally perceived as wealthy, environmentally conscious liberals who’ve turned to electric vehicles to cut back fossil fuel emissions.
Tesla was also a goal of Protests and vandalism within the United States and elsewhere on Musk's advance large -scale layoffs of the federal governmentContracts and other budget -Shinging movements.
Trump said that on his social media platform He will buy a Tesla On Tuesday to reveal “trust and support for Elon Musk, a really great American”.
“Why should he be punished for his enormous skills to work to make America great again?” Said Trump.
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