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Navy officer lost job for secretly installing internet on warship to check social media (fortune.com)

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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.

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[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago

Yes, it is a likely risk. Having an unauthorized broadcast signal is a security risk because it can be used to locate and target the ship, allows for crew to communicate with the outside world without the oversight that they would normally have, and is outside the control of the ship's command.

There are many valid reasons for the military to be limited to authorized channels for communication.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

And we know that Elmo probably reports directly to Putin, insane that they got such a highly placed asset who's also the richest man in the world

[-] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starshield

except SpaceX is selling for all we know to be military starlink with extra capability to the US goverment.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago

He doesn't. He may serve Russian interests at times, but he's not a direct report the way Tim Pool and many of our government elected officials are.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I thought Tim Pool was a victim?

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Will he have to give back that skatepark that he stole? (serious questions)

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