Elon Musk’s SpaceX has disabled more than 2,500 Starlink devices used by cyber scam syndicates in Myanmar to defraud people worldwide.

“SpaceX proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected ‘scam centers.‘” Vice President of SpaceX Lauren Dreyer said on X on Oct. 21. “We are committed to ensuring the service remains a force for good and sustains trust worldwide: both connecting the unconnected and detecting and preventing misuse by bad actors.”

The announcement comes after the media outlet Agence-France-Presse (AFP) revealed that SpaceX is under investigation by the Congressional Joint Economic Committee for its role in enabling the scam centers.

This system became critical to the criminal operations after an earlier crackdown.

In February

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