Well, James Mickens sure called this one.
Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
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#42I'd love a technical write up on how this is possible. Is it RF based or the battery being exploited?
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#43How is this possible? Are they overclocking the MPUs and just heating the batteries to the point of explosion?
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#44Why was this flagged? I vouched for it as it would make for an interesting discussion about the security of these devices and how this kind of cyberattack might have happened. Are smartphones, for example, also vulnerable to it?
>Are smartphones, for example, also vulnerable to it? Yes if Israeli intelligence gets their hands on your smartphone (probably before you buy it) and installs an explosive and a software-hardware back door.
I've seen laptop and phone batteries explode with significant force on YouTube. It's called thermal runaway.
As much as I'd love to believe this couldn't happen without physical tampering, I see no good reason to.
Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
#45How is this possible? Are they overclocking the MPUs and just heating the batteries to the point of explosion?
Surely just supply chain infiltration and regular explosives no?
Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
#46Well, James Mickens sure called this one.
Could you explain for the uninitiated?
Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
#47Guessing they compromised the devices with a firmware backdoor, perhaps to remotely trigger an exploit that heats up the devices battery to dangerous levels once a signal is received. Paranoid about this happening with my vape mod with two 18650 cells
Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
#48Well, James Mickens sure called this one.
Could you explain for the uninitiated?
Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
#49Maybe a dumb question, but I wonder if this was a software attack or IL was able to modify the physical pagers that are issued during Hezbollah onboarding. If this was a pure software attack, are only pagers susceptible? Or are we unknowingly carrying around bombs in our pocket, waiting for the counterattack?