SpaceX will pay you up to $25,000 to hack Starlink

Someone used a $25 home-made device to hack Elon Musk's Starlink internet satellite network.

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Through a bug bounty programme, Starlink, a branch of rocketship manufacturer SpaceX, invites anyone to break into its network and discover any security flaws.

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a security researcher claimed to have breached Starlink and revealed his results on August 10 at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.

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Researchers that identify vulnerabilities they have found through "non-disruptive" testing—i.e.,

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any testing that does not impact user service or attacks on the infrastructure as a whole—can receive prizes of up to $25,000 from Starlink.

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Normal Starlink users are unaffected by this attack and are not need to take any protective measures, according to SpaceX.

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The business said that it employs many defence layers to offer protection, such that if one layer is breached, there are others working to control the issue.

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