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Hezbollah Pager Explosions Kill Several People in Lebanon (www.reuters.com)

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"At least eight people were killed and 2,750 others including Hezbollah fighters, medics and Iran's envoy to Beirut were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, security sources and the Lebanese health minister said...

Lebanese internal security forces said a number of wireless communication devices were detonated across Lebanon, especially in Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold. The pagers that detonated were the latest model brought in by Hezbollah in recent months, three security sources said."

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[–] JaredLevi@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 5 months ago (14 children)

Wait, they can explode pagers? I knew it was a good thing we stopped using those! /s

[–] l0tusc0bra@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (13 children)

they can hack all sorts of things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7

[–] SadArtemis@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 5 months ago (12 children)

The hacking isn't exactly surprising- but what the hell is up with the explosions? Honestly that is the real head-scratcher for me.

[–] l0tusc0bra@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, I'm curious as well as to how this exploit happened. Supply chain contamination? An extremely specific firmware vulnerability that was discovered via research and saved for later? Keep in mind that the mossad helped make Pegasus w/ the NSA so they likely have all sorts of sinister APTs to terrorize us with.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Most likely hijacked a shipment and replaced it with bombs.

[–] l0tusc0bra@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 months ago

It seems like this is the answer. The shipment that came in 5 months ago was contaminated with the explosive, which was detonated when the hack turned the temperature of the device up to the ignition point.

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