Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
Starlink Teardown
November 25th, 2020This is a full teardown of a Starlink groundstation antenna. SpaceX definitely doesn’t want people messing around with the business end of that thing, as you’ll see. My assumption all along has been that the rural broadband aspect of Starlink is a limited hangout. Looking at the size of the PCB and the phased array, […]
Cheap Chinese Routers Contain Hidden Backdoors to Control Devices
November 23rd, 2020Via: Cybernews: In a collaboration between CyberNews Sr. Information Security Researcher Mantas Sasnauskas and researchers James Clee and Roni Carta, suspicious backdoors have been discovered in a Chinese-made Jetstream router, sold exclusively at Walmart as their new line of “affordable” wifi routers. This backdoor would allow an attacker the ability to remotely control not only […]
Found Working Nuclear Bunker with Vehicles & Gear
November 15th, 2020Via: Illegal Freedom:
Danish Military Intelligence Uses XKEYSCORE to Tap Cables in Cooperation with NSA
November 2nd, 2020Via: Electrospaces: In an extensive piece from September 13, the renowned Danish newspaper Berlingske (founded in 1749) describes how the FE, in cooperation with the NSA, started to tap an international telecommunications cable in order to gather foreign intelligence. In the mid-1990s, the NSA had found out that somewhere under Copenhagen there was a backbone […]
Starlink Beta Begins
November 1st, 2020$99 per month for 50 to 150 Mbits/sec download with (apparently) “unlimited” datacap… In the middle of nowhere. If you’re interested in the very latest on Starlink, check out the subreddit. There are several people posting about their experiences. In short: Even in beta, the service is already outstanding. Via: Ars Technica: Expect to see […]
Microsoft Partners with SpaceX to Connect Azure Cloud to Musk’s Starlink Satellite Internet
October 20th, 2020SpaceX is a major DoD contractor. Microsoft is a major DoD contractor. Better broadband for people in rural areas? This is definitely one for your, Yes, but wait, there’s more… file folder. Via: CNBC: Microsoft is partnering with SpaceX to connect the tech giant’s Azure cloud computing network to the growing Starlink satellite internet service […]
Government Documents See Risk of Surprise EMP Attack
October 11th, 2020Via: It’s [redacted]:
SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites Could Make U.S. Army Navigation Hard to Jam
September 29th, 2020Via: MIT Technology Review: SpaceX has already launched more than 700 Starlink satellites, with thousands more due to come online in the years ahead. Their prime mission is to provide high-speed internet virtually worldwide, extending it to many remote locations that have lacked reliable service to date. Now, research funded by the US Army has […]
911 Lines Down Across U.S.
September 28th, 2020Via: Sun: POLICE departments across the country Monday night reported their 911 systems nonoperational – and it’s reportedly due to a Microsoft Office 360 outage. “As of 5 p.m., City phones and emails are experiencing intermittent outages related to a larger Microsoft 365 outage,” the City of Redmond, Washington tweeted. “We are hoping the issue […]
Why Are Oil and Gas Companies Investing in Nuclear Fusion?
September 18th, 2020In other words: Complex, expensive, centralized infrastructure is par for the course for oil companies. Via: GTM: Betting on fusion looks like a long shot for oil and gas companies, which are increasingly focused on here-today energy plays such as offshore wind and longer-term bets like green hydrogen. But oil and fusion may have more […]
