Elon Musk said Donald Trump interview suffered a 'DDoS attack' — X / Twitter employees say he's lying

Over 54 minutes of elevator music and then – complete silence.That’s what X users who tried to tune into Elon Musk’s interview of Donald Trump were treated to on Monday night as X’s live audio platform, Spaces, glitched out when hundreds of thousands of user accounts tried to listen in.Musk blamed the issue on a denial-of-service attack (DDoS) attack. However, some X employees say that’s not true. Tweet may have been deleted X’s Spaces failureThe interview between Musk and former president Donald Trump was heavily promoted in advance by both participants. Earlier this summer, Musk officially endorsed Trump in his reelection campaign for president. Trump has been struggling in the polls since President Joe Biden announced he wasn’t running for reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. To promote the interview, Trump returned to Musk’s X before the Spaces chat and published a barrage of posts on the platform for the first time in nearly a year.Trump’s X account shared the Spaces chat around 15 minutes before its scheduled 8 p.m. ET start. While both Trump and Musk were in the Space, it took just over 54 minutes past the planned start time before the two started their conversation.During that time, X users were reporting issues even entering the Space on X. Mashable viewed a few hundred thousand users in the Space around 8:30 p.m. When Mashable tried to enter the Space, we were abruptly pushed to a screen that said “This Space is not available.” Other…Elon Musk said Donald Trump interview suffered a 'DDoS attack' — X / Twitter employees say he's lying