Twitter Crash: Thousands Affected by Site and App Problems

Thousands of Twitter users were left frustrated as the site and app experienced a series of problems, leaving many unable to access their accounts.

The issues began on a Sunday morning, with users reporting difficulties logging in and accessing their timelines.

Many users took to Twitter to express their frustration, with some joking about the irony of the situation.

The problems were widespread, with reports coming in from users all over the world.

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About 18,600 users had submitted error reports to uptime-monitoring service Downdetector by 11:03 a.m. ET Thursday.

The issues appeared to have been largely resolved within half an hour of the initial technical issues, as the number of problem reports about X to Downdetector had dropped to under 600 by 11:21 a.m. ET.

Reports on Down Detector had started to decline down to 1800 as of this writing, but then spiked back up to over 5,700 reports.

The platform's developer status page still showed degraded performance, but it did appear to be loading faster for some users.

The outage hasn't quite gone away, with reports hovering around 800 or more for the last hour or so.

Despite the decline in reports, some users were still experiencing problems, particularly on the East Coast and in New York.

Over 350,000 reports had been generated across the three outages as of around 1:15 p.m. ET, according to a Facebook post from Downdetector.

X's CEO Elon Musk was largely quiet about the issues, but later returned to post about solar power, with many users responding to demand that he fix the DMs and platform.

Musk had blamed the outage on a “massive” hack, but it's unclear if that's the case.

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The Twitter crash has been a wild ride, and if you're wondering what's going on, let's take a look at the status updates.

The last status change on Twitter was on September 3, 2025, at 6:18 PM EDT, and the last widespread service disruption was just 10 minutes prior at 6:08 PM EDT.

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Twitter's status page has been showing degraded performance, but it's been loading faster for some users.

As of October 15, 2020, at 11:33 PM EDT, Twitter was still experiencing service disruptions.

X's official engineering account acknowledged the problem on Thursday, explaining that it was due to a data center outage.

The outage started on May 22, 2025, around 11:00 a.m. Pacific, and lasted for several hours, with reports dropping significantly from a high of nearly 5,000 to a steady stream of about 1,000.

The main problem seemed to be with DMs and chats, which either weren't loading at all or were stuck in pending.

The outage has been hovering around 800 or more reports for the last hour or so, and people are still claiming that it's having problems.

As of 5 p.m. Pacific, X is still showing over 1,000 reports on DownDetector, and the developer status page still shows degraded performance in the platform's API.

The outage has gone on for about just over 5 hours, with some people able to get back on, but others still having issues accessing the site.

The number of reports on DownDetector has been steadily dropping, from a high of over 40,000 to around 2,000, which is a notable improvement.

It's possible that the issue could be coming to an end, but we'll continue to monitor for any spikes.

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The Twitter crash has left many of us wondering what's behind the outages. Engineers at Twitter are taking steps to resolve and secure the service while attackers find new ways to bring the social network down.

Some users are speculating that Twitter might be the victim of DDOS attacks, which could be causing the service to go up and down. This is a possibility, as one Twitter post claimed that Dark Storm Team is responsible for the attacks.

The issue has been ongoing for a while, with some users reporting login problems even before 10:35 a.m. Pacific, when the site's dev status page listed a new problem with login performance.

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Some users are speculating that X might be the victim of DDOS attacks, which is causing the social network to go up and down.

Elon Musk blamed a cyberattack for the X outage, but there has been no other communication from official X accounts or Musk himself since that initial claim.

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The engineers at X are taking steps to resolve and secure the service while attackers are finding new ways to get around the defenses and bring the popular social network down again.

Musk has been tweeting memes or about his DOGE project and responding to various tweets, but hasn't written any further about the alleged 'cyberattack' that may have caused the huge Twitter outage.

IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area were mentioned by Musk as possibly being involved in the cyberattack.

There were still nearly 2,000 reports on Down Detector even after Musk claimed that the platform was working again.

DD has finally dipped under 1,000 reports, but the situation is still far from stable.

Users are experiencing degraded performance with Login with X (OAuth) and other X platform login flows.

This new issue popped up around 10:35 a.m. Pacific, but reports of login flaws started well before that.

Users are reporting that they're able to login on the browser but not the app, or vice versa, and some claim they haven't been able to logon at all.

A group called Dark Storm Team has claimed responsibility for the attack on X. They are a pro-Palestinian hacktivist operation with a previous track record of such actions.

Their claim of responsibility is not entirely unfounded, as they have a history of similar incidents.

The attack on X is still causing problems for some users.

Musk's X social network has taken steps to prevent future attacks by adopting Cloudflare's DDoS protection services. This should provide an extra layer of security to the social network.

The Twitter crash has had a significant impact on users. Some are still unable to display or send direct messages.

X.com's AI chatbot Grok is working overtime to respond to users in real time, explaining the situation. The company is still working to fix the problem.

Anecdotally, members of the Tom's Guide team have confirmed they're still unable to load their DMs. This suggests that the issue is widespread.

The good news is that the issues affecting X.com seem to be largely resolved, but they're not entirely over.

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Twitter acknowledged the issue on October 15, 2020, at 11:33 PM EDT.

The company's official engineering account explained that the problem was due to a data center outage, which caused performance issues on the platform.

On May 22, 2025, the same engineering account posted an update, stating that the team was actively working to remediate the issue.

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X's official engineering account acknowledged the problem on Thursday and explained the problem was due to a data center outage.

The team at X is actively working to remediate the issue, but users are still experiencing performance issues on the platform.

X is aware some of their users are experiencing performance issues on the platform today, according to their official statement.

The data center outage is the cause of the problem, as stated by X's official engineering account.

Users can expect the team to continue working to resolve the issue and get the platform back up and running smoothly.

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X officials have been largely quiet about the outage, with no official statement beyond a single tweet from Elon Musk.

Elon Musk blamed a cyberattack for the outage, but there has been no further communication from official X accounts or Musk himself since that initial claim.

Musk has been tweeting memes and about his DOGE project, but hasn't addressed the outage in any detail.

The 'acting' Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has also been quiet, only agreeing with various Musk retweets or tweets about DOGE.

Musk did go on Fox Business and claim that the platform was working again, but the outage was still being reported on DownDetector with nearly 2,000 reports.

As of this post, DownDetector reports have finally dipped under 1,000.

The Twitter crash had a significant impact on users, with reports of outages starting to pour in from around 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET.

The first outage lasted for several hours, with users experiencing issues with the website and app. No official statement was made by Twitter, but Elon Musk tweeted that the outage was due to a "massive cyberattack."

A quick report spike occurred earlier in the day, but the issue was resolved quickly. This was followed by a second outage, which saw a much higher jump in reports on Downdetector.

The second outage lasted for a significant amount of time, with over 40,000 reports pouring in from users. The issue was resolved quickly, but a third outage occurred, lasting much longer than the previous two.

The third outage saw a peak of 35,000 reports on Downdetector, before steadily declining as the issue was resolved. X seemed to resolve the outage around 10 a.m. PT, with reports on Down Detector declining from then on.

However, the third outage was not the end of the issue, as a third outage appeared to be wrapping up after lasting much longer than the previous two. Despite the resolution of the outage, X CEO Elon Musk hadn't posted anything about the issue as of 1:30 p.m. ET.

The Twitter crash has been affecting users across the country, but some areas have been hit harder than others. New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles have seen a significant number of outage reports.

These cities are among the largest in the U.S., making it no surprise that they've had the most reports. Boston has also seen a notable spike in reports, although it's not as large as the three major cities.

The fact that these cities are being targeted suggests that the outage might not be a random event, but rather a deliberate attempt to cause maximum disruption.

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