Emails: SpaceX cracks down on users who are connecting to its Starlink internet service from unauthorized countries, including Sudan, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
Elon Musk's SpaceX has begun a crackdown on users who are connecting to its Starlink high-speed internet service from countries …
An investigation finds a shadowy supply chain for Starlink terminals to US foes in Russia and Sudan via Africa, Asia, and the UAE; SpaceX has not shut them off
The satellite-internet devices are helping Russian fighters in Ukraine and paramilitary forces in Sudan; SpaceX hasn't shut them off
Sources: Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which is fighting Sudan's army, has used Starlink since August 2023, during a nationwide internet blackout
Bloomberg : X: @itsantoony , @kholoodkhair , and @unreliefchief X: Moe Ali / @itsantoony : So basically after the major internet blackouts it Sudan, some people have been using StarLink devices to ge...
Chainalysis says some recent media reports about the supposed use of crypto by terrorist organizations might be overstating metrics and using “flawed analyses”
But It's Deadly Hannah Lang / Reuters : US lawmakers urge White House crack down on Hamas use of crypto after Israel attack Assad Jafri / CryptoSlate : Chainalysis says crypto usage for terror financi...
Microsoft says hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan' DDoS attacks “temporarily impacted availability” of Azure, Teams, Outlook, and more services in early June 2023
Possibly Pro-Russian Ties The Hacker News : Microsoft Blames Massive DDoS Attack for Azure, Outlook, and OneDrive Disruptions Wes Davis / The Verge : Microsoft says June Outlook outages were a DDoS at...
Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk's long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt”
Elon already took away the blue check from some publications like the The New York Times … Caroline Giegerich : The Twitter check shakedown has begun. Twitter has officially begun removing blue check...
A fake Twitter account with a Blue checkmark for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces is wrongly claiming RSF leader Hemedti died; RSF's real account lost its checkmark
The fake account with a blue tick wrongly claimed that Hemedti, the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, had died. Mastodon: @erictgilmour@mstdn.ca . Tweets: @salhachimi Mastodon: Eric Gilmour / @erict...
Social media platforms are hastily rewriting their rules on hate, violence, and propaganda amid the war on Ukraine, setting precedents that may haunt them later
A month ago, praising a neo-Nazi militia or calling for violence against Russians could get you suspended from Facebook in Ukraine. Tweets: @epro , @willoremus , @pstasiatech , and @willoremus Tweets:...
Facebook says people linked to France's military used fake accounts to meddle in African politics, tangling with similar efforts by Russia's IRA in some nations
and Africa in the middle of it. https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/... Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : These tactics are most commonly associated with the Russian government — and, indeed, Faceb...
Sources: US-based Sandvine, which canceled its deal with Belarus after criticism, supplies tech to censor the internet in over a dozen countries
Company recently abandoned business in Belarus, but its equipment was used in other nations to block online information Tweets: @rj_gallagher , @fabiochiusi , @accessnow , @aaschapiro , @netblocks , @...