Hacker News Reader

Get an employee to take the network down from the inside.

Either exploit existing employees or take years to seed an agent into the company.

State level persistent attacks are well funded and have long timelines.

I'd wonder about someone targeting Musk seeing as Starlink is one of his ventures that seems to be running well up to now while his other companies have issues. Having typed that out it seems like a spy movie plot, but that seems to be the world we're living in recently.

I don’t think musk himself would be the weakest link, as the high profile brings scrutiny and thus increased security and counterintelligence. Trying would be a good way to get the FBI to look into you.

Easier and safer to go after unknown employees with access.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com