On: Ask HN: X and Grok down since the early AM?

[neuroelectron]

I've been trying to post my Wordle score all morning. Before it was actually down, I noticed a glitch where I got a "Sorry, something went wrong" when I tried to mark my image as sensitive (as a spoiler).

This leads me to believe that they attack is using image metadata as a vector of attack.

[philomath_mn → neuroelectron]

Attack? Is there any other indication of an attack?

There are many possible root causes which could explain what you observed.

[whatamidoingyo → philomath_mn]

Well, Elon just confirmed it.

> There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X.

> We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved.

[neuroelectron → philomath_mn]

It's very typical for a DDoS to target some specific feature like this deep in the UI that might have been overlooked for rate limiting.