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The pager attack in Lebanon, this from WaPo, Updated September 17, 2024 at 5:21 p.m. EDT:
Emily Harding, deputy director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that while much remains unknown about Tuesday’s attack, it is likely that Israel infiltrated the supply chain that Hezbollah uses for its pagers, finding a way to physically rig them. >
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(cont) Although a cyberattack is possible, she said, it is unlikely given the “extremely low-tech” nature of the pagers, which Hezbollah members use in part to avoid digital surveillance. //
This is of interest, that pagers are used by Hezbollah specifically BECAUSE they are low-tech. >
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(cont) Dmitri Alperovitch, chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, a national security think tank, said: “This looks to be perhaps the most extensive physical supply-chain attack in history — substituting imported devices with those containing explosives and triggering them all at the same time through some sort of command and control channel.” #Lebanon #IsraelGaza
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