Elon Musk is once more found sleeping in his company's conferences rooms and factories.
Elon Musk, the South African-born entrepreneur and CEO of multiple tech companies including X, Tesla, and SpaceX, has announced that he will be focusing more on his businesses following a two-hour outage on X's online service.
The outage, which occurred on May 24, reportedly resulted from a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack according to hacker group DieNet's claim, and highlighted critical failures in X's failover redundancy systems. Musk expressed the need for major operational improvements in a statement following the incident.
The billionaire has been heavily involved in the U.S. government under President Donald Trump, particularly driving efforts to reduce the size of the federal government and pushing for significant cost and personnel cuts. However, Musk has recently signaled a pullback from political engagements to refocus his attention on his companies.
Musk stated he would be spending more time with his businesses and sleeping in conference, server, and factory rooms to compensate for the time spent on political activities. His busy schedule also includes overseeing the upcoming launch of SpaceX's new giant rocket, the Starship, which is scheduled for next week.
The X platform experienced an outage around 3 PM CEST on May 24 and started working normally again around 5 PM. SpaceX previously announced that the Starship launch, which will mark the third test flight for the rocket, is planned for the following week.
Sources: ntv.de, rog/AFP
Elon Musk's companies include X (formerly Twitter), SpaceX, and AI developer xAI with the chatbot Grok. The outage on X's platform exposed critical infrastructure vulnerabilities, prompting Musk to prioritize operational improvements. The shift in focus reflects a broader change in his priorities following multiple pressures, including heavy political involvement and the management of multiple businesses as the world's richest person.
Elon Musk, recognizing the critical infrastructure vulnerabilities exposed by the recent outage on X's platform, is now prioritizing operational improvements for his businesses, which include X (formerly Twitter), SpaceX, and AI developer xAI with the chatbot Grok. Amidst multiple pressures such as heavy political involvement and the management of his multiple businesses, Musk has decided to refocus his attention on these companies.
