February 13, 2023

Ars Technica: Starlink, Verizon, and T-Mobile made shaky claims on FCC coverage map

Ars Technica: Starlink, Verizon, and T-Mobile made shaky claims on FCC coverage map. “Multiple Internet service providers have submitted false availability data to the federal government for a map that will be used to determine which parts of the US get access to a $42.45 billion broadband fund. We wrote about Comcast’s false coverage claims last week, and this article will detail false or at least questionable coverage claims from SpaceX’s Starlink division and the wireless home Internet divisions at Verizon and T-Mobile.”

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January 16, 2023

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project: LockBit Gang Using Musk’s Internet Services, Laundering BitCoin in Hong Kong, China

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project: LockBit Gang Using Musk’s Internet Services, Laundering BitCoin in Hong Kong, China. “A security strategist who spent months undercover on the darkweb published a report on Monday that offers insight into one of the world’s most notorious ransomware groups, claiming its members are using internet services owned by billionaire Elon Musk and laundering money through Hong Kong and China.”

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October 24, 2022

MIT Technology Review: Starlink signals can be reverse-engineered to work like GPS—whether SpaceX likes it or not

MIT Technology Review: Starlink signals can be reverse-engineered to work like GPS—whether SpaceX likes it or not. “Todd Humphreys’s offer to SpaceX was simple. With a few software tweaks, its rapidly growing Starlink constellation could also offer precise position, navigation, and timing. The US Army, which funds Humphreys’s work at the University of Texas at Austin, wanted a backup to its venerable, and vulnerable, GPS system. Could Starlink fill that role?”

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May 12, 2022

WIRED: How Starlink Scrambled to Keep Ukraine Online

WIRED: How Starlink Scrambled to Keep Ukraine Online. “The speedy, widespread rollout of Starlink in Ukraine has also been an unplanned experiment in the potential geopolitical power of next-gen satellite internet services. If SpaceX or similar providers are willing, high-speed internet from the sky could be a powerful way to provide connectivity to people or populations suffering the privations of war or authoritarian government.”

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April 6, 2022

USAID: USAID Safeguards Internet Access In Ukraine Through Public-private-partnership With SpaceX

USAID: USAID Safeguards Internet Access In Ukraine Through Public-private-partnership With SpaceX. “The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has delivered 5,000 Starlink Terminals to the Government of Ukraine through a public-private partnership with the American aerospace manufacturer, SpaceX. The Starlink satellite terminals will enable unlimited, unthrottled data connectivity from anywhere in Ukraine.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
March 15, 2022

‘It’s Our Home Turf.’ The Man On Ukraine’s Digital Frontline (TIME)

TIME: ‘It’s Our Home Turf.’ The Man On Ukraine’s Digital Frontline. “Less than 48 hours after appealing to Elon Musk on Twitter, Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, posted a photo of a truckload of satellite dishes. The SpaceX founder had come through with help for Ukrainians trying to connect to the Internet amid Russia’s invasion, Fedorov said in the Feb. 28 tweet: ‘Starlink—here. Thanks, @elonmusk.’ Many marveled at the seemingly miraculous speed with which the 31-year old former IT entrepreneur, who is now serving as Ukraine’s youngest cabinet minister, had been able to enlist the help of the world’s richest man. But Fedorov wasn’t surprised.”

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August 29, 2021

BBC: Why pigeons mean peril for satellite broadband

BBC: Why pigeons mean peril for satellite broadband. “‘It’s actually been very good but I noticed a series of outages – some a second, some longer,’ says Prof Alan Woodward. The University of Surrey cyber-security expert is talking about his new satellite broadband service from space entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Starlink company. The outages, he thinks, may be caused by a lot of ‘pesky pigeons’, which ‘have taken a fancy to sitting on the dish’.”

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June 11, 2021

Mashable: Want to skywatch for Starlink satellites? There’s a website that will help you.

Mashable: Want to skywatch for Starlink satellites? There’s a website that will help you.. “There isn’t a constellation quite like the image a line of Starlink satellites cuts across Earth’s skies. And now there’s an easy way to figure out when you can see them. The SpaceX-operated gear is meant to one day provide high speed, satellite-powered internet all around the world. It’s already semi-functional and open for live testing (at quite a cost), but the eventual orbital network, which is already approved by the FCC, will consist of 12,000 satellites in all.”

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