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 ChrisArchitect » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 3:03 PM UTC

Was going to ask how common pagers were, but suppose still used by emergency services etc and especially in warzones of questionable cell network reliability

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by pogue » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 3:03 PM UTC

bluescrn wrote: post #51

itissid wrote: post #43

How is this possible? Are they overclocking the MPUs and just heating the batteries to the point of explosion?

These appear to be actual explosions, not battery combustion (there's footage on Twitter of at least one of them going off, it's a detonation rather than intense burning) Definitely some non-standard internals in those devices...

Can you share a link to the Twitter post? If it's graphic, please mention so.

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by diggan » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 3:03 PM UTC

mminer237 wrote: post #59

gee_totes wrote: post #49

Maybe 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?

They 100% had a explosive added inside. Batteries cannot explode like that .

Assuming a lithium battery and control over the firmware+power draw, couldn't you theoretically make the battery output more charge than safe, leading to at least overheating and maybe more?

I also find it unlikely this was just a remote attack rather than supply chain, but with little to no details we can only assume for now.

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by bluefishinit » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 3:04 PM UTC

upcoming-sesame wrote: post #18

https://x.com/WachtelDan/status/1836038754756145515 Footage from the hospital

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Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by bhouston » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 3:04 PM UTC

o999 wrote: post #26

Primary news suggests its an Israeli cyberattack

Cyberattack or supply chain attack? Who uses pagers? So a supply chain attack could have been the cause.

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by vpol » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 3:05 PM UTC

bhouston wrote: post #75

o999 wrote: post #26

Primary news suggests its an Israeli cyberattack

Cyberattack or supply chain attack? Who uses pagers? So a supply chain attack could have been the cause.

could be both

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by JPLeRouzic » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 3:05 PM UTC

Is it some device like this one?

https://cat-uxo.com/explosive-hazards/ied/pager-bomb-rcied

It's disgusting that humans can invent such devices.

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by bluefishinit » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 3:06 PM UTC

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Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by wiradikusuma » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 3:06 PM UTC

Does anyone have a footage?

Re: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

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Post by piva00 » Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 3:06 PM UTC

o999 wrote: post #26

Primary news suggests its an Israeli cyberattack

I doubt it's just a cyberattack, the videos of the explosions indicate small explosives rather than batteries.

Don't think we'll know exactly what happened until Israel tells the world or an independent investigation concludes but so far my impression is there was a supply chain infiltration and thousands of pagers with explosives have been distributed to Hezbollah.