Comment on After seeing Wi-Fi network named “STINKY,” Navy found hidden Starlink dish on US warship
4am@lemm.ee 2 weeks agoYeah but if they go on mission and “go dark” then you still have this starlink thing that may or may not be disabled by the person smuggling it on board. It may also be connected to official things if the owner has bad intentions, or if someone else who does finds it and co-opts it.
There is a lot that could go wrong with unauthorized radio transmission equipment on a warship, and not all of it is obvious.
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
You can’t connect a star link to siprnet.
The worst a bad actor could do is constantly transmitting location and other combat data.
ggppjj@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Can you connect a computer? Because if so, that same computer can then be connected to the starlink, no?
I know absolutely nothing about secure government networking, I’m just kind of assuming that something has to be able to connect to both individually and also simultaneously
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
sipr is very strict about what it is letting connect to it. Which is why you rarely hear about breaches. Notable incidents like Manning or Snowden both involved usage of physical media, which has been severely restricted since. Plus Snowden was an admin, and not on SIPRNet, but some NSA systems.
ggppjj@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Well, the Starlink could be connected by an admin to a computer that is connected to SIPRNet, right?
I mean, assuming the Starlink was brought on board by someone with authorization to be on board, any possible adversarial situation would necessarily be an internal issue to begin with.
Personally, I think the most likely answer involves an Xbox.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s as easy as plugging in the wrong cable.