- Mossad has been tracking Hezbollah's communications loopholes since the beginning of the war last year.
Mossad tried to intercept Hezbollah's wireless communications networks several times and tried to penetrate the party's wired communications network.
- After 3 months of fighting, the Hezbollah leadership asked all its members to stop using mobile and smart devices, and the Mossad was looking for alternative means of communication.
Mossad succeeded in intercepting a shipment of “Pager” devices on their way to Hezbollah outside Lebanon.
Mossad planted a small amount of the highly explosive PETN behind the device’s batteries, which made its way to Lebanon naturally and was distributed to thousands of Hezbollah members.
- PETN is flammable at 190°C, and ignition is ensured by raising the temperature of the battery as a result of raising the voltage.
- A number of UHV waves of the "Pager" device used by Hezbollah to ensure that all devices explode at the same moment were hacked.
This being a hack is improbable in my opinion. If you see the pictures of the aftermath, the damage is too big to be the result of a lithium battery explosion. Moreover the devices exploded at the same time in different locations (won’t happen if they made the battery overheat till explosion) HA probably bought a bad batch with implanted explosives and they set it off now.
There's footage on Twitter showing an actual detonation, with a bang. Not a huge blast (the man falls to the ground injured, but bystanders seemed unharmed). Definitely not the rapid burning 'whoosh' of a battery fire.
The context clearly explains what OP means. The meaning is that "This is not something that is achieved via simply hacking a normal device remotely. This is something that is achieved via doing something extra to the device first, and maybe then hacking it remotely."
Another thing is that if we begin to use "hack" for every means of attack and unauthorized access, then the word loses its meaning. There is no supply chain hack, but there is a supply chain attack.
Pretty much, yeah. The hack was used only to activate it remotely, and in pager systems, it should not be a hard task. But I highly doubt it was only due to battery overheating. I have seen scooter batteries exploding before, and they don’t burst as quickly as this one.
This being a hack is improbable in my opinion. If you see the pictures of the aftermath, the damage is too big to be the result of a lithium battery explosion. Moreover the devices exploded at the same time in different locations (won’t happen if they made the battery overheat till explosion)
HA probably bought a bad batch with implanted explosives and they set it off now.
Mossad tried to intercept Hezbollah's wireless communications networks several times and tried to penetrate the party's wired communications network.
- After 3 months of fighting, the Hezbollah leadership asked all its members to stop using mobile and smart devices, and the Mossad was looking for alternative means of communication.
Mossad succeeded in intercepting a shipment of “Pager” devices on their way to Hezbollah outside Lebanon.
Mossad planted a small amount of the highly explosive PETN behind the device’s batteries, which made its way to Lebanon naturally and was distributed to thousands of Hezbollah members.
- PETN is flammable at 190°C, and ignition is ensured by raising the temperature of the battery as a result of raising the voltage.
- A number of UHV waves of the "Pager" device used by Hezbollah to ensure that all devices explode at the same moment were hacked.