Elon Musk looking at his phone.
Twitter owner Elon Musk.
  • A mistake by a single Twitter engineer prompted Monday's service outage, Platformer reported. 
  • Twitter users received an error message when they tried to view links and photos on Monday.
  • Twitter owner Elon Musk has cut thousands from Twitter's headcount since acquiring the company.

A sole Twitter engineer was responsible for Twitter's high-profile outage on Monday, Platformer reported.