X owner Elon Musk claims the social media platform “appears to” have been hit with a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack as his slated interview with presidential hopeful Donald Trump was set to kick off. “There appears to be a massive DDoS attack on X. Working on shutting it down,” Musk posted to X on Aug. 12. It comes as technical issues plagued the X Space Musk and Trump were scheduled to hold at 8:00 PM Eastern US time as multiple X users complained they were unable to join. Those who have joined have only heard waiting music — neither Musk nor Trump have spoken. Musk says they wil…