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Starlink Internet Service Is a Target for a Growing Black Market

March 26, 2024

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A Starlink system operated by a Ukraine Armed Forces reconnaissance and strike drone unit on the frontline.Photographer: Andre Alves/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Starlink kits are popping up in Venezuela, Sudan and Yemen. SpaceX has said it deactivates terminals if they are being used by a sanctioned or unauthorized party, but a Bloomberg investigation shows that a network of middlemen are moving in to buy and sell them in unregulated areas around the world. The sheer availability of the terminals on the black market suggests there’s a systemic global problem and raises questions about the company’s control of a system with clear national security dimensions.

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