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Sen. Hassan wants to hear from SpaceX about scammers abusing Starlink

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It’s time for SpaceX to take strong action against scammers abusing the company’s Starlink internet service, Sen. Maggie Hassan said in a letter to CEO Elon Musk on Monday. The New Hampshire Democrat cited evidence accumulating over the past two years that some Southeast Asian fraudsters scamming billions of dollars from U.S. citizens have leaned […]

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xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs

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A employee at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI leaked a private key on GitHub that for the past two months could have allowed anyone to query private xAI large language models (LLMs) which appear to have been custom made for working with internal data from Musk’s companies, including SpaceX, Tesla and Twitter/X, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Continue reading xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs→

Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data

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A security architect with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that employees from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) transferred gigabytes of sensitive data from agency case files in early March, using short-lived accounts configured to leave few traces of network activity. The NLRB whistleblower said the unusual large data outflows coincided with multiple blocked login attempts from an Internet address in Russia that tried to use valid credentials for a newly-created DOGE user account. Continue reading Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data→

Hackaday Links: April 13, 2025

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It’s been a while since we’ve dunked on an autonomous taxi foul-up, mainly because it seemed for a while there that most of the companies field testing driverless ride-sharing services …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: April 13, 2025→

Apple vs. Starlink: The Tech Feud That Could Shape the Next Frontier of Mobile Service

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The tech companies are warring for supremacy as they seek to eliminate cell phone dead spots and claim the most satellite airwaves. Continue reading Apple vs. Starlink: The Tech Feud That Could Shape the Next Frontier of Mobile Service→

New Competitor of Elon Musk’s Starlink: Amazon’s Project Kuiper Internet Satellite Initiative Launches This Month

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Project Kuiper will eventually be a constellation of 3,200 satellites. The first launch is planned for April 9. Continue reading New Competitor of Elon Musk’s Starlink: Amazon’s Project Kuiper Internet Satellite Initiative Launches This Month→

Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes?

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At 49, Branden Spikes isn’t just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla and SpaceX, Spikes is also among Musk’s most loyal employees. Here’s a closer look at this trusted Musk lieutenant, whose Russian ex-wife was once married to Elon’s cousin. Continue reading Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes?→