Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon • Hacker News Board

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by bell-cot » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 2:12 PM UTC

Obvious #1 Question - did Mossad manage to feed Hezbollah a huge number of weaponized pagers - or are there pagers which could be rooted in such a way that the stock hardware can "detonate"?

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by golergka » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 2:13 PM UTC

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Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by HarryHirsch » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 2:18 PM UTC

This hack is the best argument against network-connected electric vehicles that there is. Imagine the same, but with tens of thousands of Teslas.

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by diggan » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 2:18 PM UTC

Not sure why this was flagged, it's certainly a novel way of striking the enemy, regardless of the political undertones.

Reuters seems to have a bit more details, and is probably a bit less biased than current URL (timesofisrael.com): https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dozens-hezbollah-m...

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by fra » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 2:20 PM UTC

This may be the first widely reported deadly hack of a connected device. Wild times we live in.

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by beardyw » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 2:20 PM UTC

bell-cot wrote: post #11

Obvious #1 Question - did Mossad manage to feed Hezbollah a huge number of weaponized pagers - or are there pagers which could be rooted in such a way that the stock hardware can "detonate"?

For standard pager I can only imagine perhaps some way to short the battery, but that sounds unlikely even as I write it.

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by mandmandam » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 2:20 PM UTC

minkles wrote: post #8

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Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by upcoming-sesame » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 2:20 PM UTC

https://x.com/WachtelDan/status/1836038754756145515

Footage from the hospital

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by mandmandam » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 2:21 PM UTC

HarryHirsch wrote: post #13

This hack is the best argument against network-connected electric vehicles that there is. Imagine the same, but with tens of thousands of Teslas.

Not to mention phones, laptops, tables, smart watches, medical devices, children's toys, etc.

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by HeadlessChild » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 2:24 PM UTC

That is some wild and scary stuff.