A group of Navy sailors secretly used Starlink to check sports scores, social media and watch movies. They hid it from rank-and-file.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13231676

A U.S. Navy chief who wanted the internet so she and other enlisted officers could scroll social media, check sports scores and watch movies while deployed had an unauthorized Starlink satellite dish installed on a warship and lied to her commanding officer to keep it secret, according to investigators.

Internet access is restricted while a ship is underway to maintain bandwidth for military operations and to protect against cybersecurity threats.

The Navy quietly relieved Grisel Marrero, a command senior chief of the littoral combat ship USS Manchester, in August or September 2023, and released information on parts of the investigation this week.

  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I understand about relieving duty for the lying, but they say she had a Starlink dish and that bandwidth is to be maintained for the ship. This is a separate and distinct side channel, it wouldn’t affect ship bandwidth.

    • seang96@spgrn.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Its not even that IMO this does two very bad things

      1. Anyone that has access to starlink can track their vessel.
      2. Nearby enemy vessels could easily have pin pointed them through the signals being transmitted.

      She endagered her crew and lied about it.