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After "X" failure, Musk makes a decision

Published on May 25, 2025

"I am at work around the week again around the o'clock seven days a week and sleep in conference/server/factory rooms," said Elon Musk. "I am at work around the week again around the o'clock seven days a week and sleep in conference/server/factory rooms," said Elon Musk.© Matt Rourke/AP/dpa The internet platform "X" was temporarily disturbed on Saturday.Was the reason an operating problem-or a hacker attack?In any case, Elon Musk now wants to devote himself to his platform again. More panorama news An approximately two -hour failure at the online service "X" prompted Elon Musk to announce that he wants to concentrate more on the management of his companies again."As the 'X' operating problems showed this week, larger operational improvements are due," said Musk after the breakdown on Saturday.An Internet consulting group, however, said that a hacker attack had led to the failure. "I am at work around the week again around the o'clock seven days a week and sleep in conference/server/factory rooms," added the entrepreneur, born in South Africa.The billionaire has an exceptionally full schedule as the owner or boss of "X", the AI ​​developer Xai with the chatbot Grok, the electric manufacturer Tesla and the space company SpaceX. SpaceX announced on Friday that it would like to send its new giant rocket Starship back into space next week.The top stage of the rocket had exploded in the two previous test flights. Musk restricts Doge activity Since President Donald Trump's re-entry into the White House in January, Musk has also been the driving force behind the government department for state efficiency (Doge) and drove a massive cost and personnel loss in the US state apparatus.Finally, Musk announced that this activity restrict this activity. Musk explained that the "decisive work" of the government department for state efficiency is "largely done", he now wanted to devote himself to Tesla again in April.Shortly before, Tesla had announced that the sales figure of the US car maker had stayed behind the expectations in the first quarter. "I have to concentrate well on X/XAI and Tesla (and the Starship start next week) because we are launching important technologies," he said on Saturday.The online service "X" had failed around 3:00 p.m. CEST.Around 5:00 p.m. he worked largely normal. Hacker group is committed to "X" failure The Site Intelligence Group consultant group explained on Saturday that the Hacker Group has known for the failure at "X".Dienet described the attack as the "test" of its so-called DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) skills.The system is flooded with online data traffic to paralyze access to the website.The AFP news agency could initially not check whether Dienet was actually responsible for the failure."X" did not respond to an inquiry from AFP for comment. The Tech billionaire, who invested more than $ 235 million (around 206 million euros) in Trump's election campaign, also said this week that he would no longer invest his money in politics.However, he did not rule out projects in the future "if I see a reason for it".(AFP/edited by MBO)