▲ 424 ▼ Israel detonates Hezbollah walkie-talkies in second wave after pager attack (www.axios.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 206 comments fedilink hide all child comments The sound of many of them exploding
[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) So if I understand correctly, Israel managed to get a bunch of people in Hezbollah to use pagers and walkie talkies that contained bombs. Think about it like, there's one person who was able to tell the perpetrators of this that a big order of communication devices is being made. Perpetrators are clearly sophisticated so it's fair to assume they can throw some skilled team at it. This attack could be years in the making. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) From a spy craft and capabilities standpoint it’s an amazing attack. I’m skeptical that using the devices as bombs is more useful than using them for spying, but who knows? It is super fucked up that random people who happen to be near the targets could be hurt. But between that and the stuxnet attack, it’s safe to say that Israel is capable of crazy sophisticated attacks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Except they barely knew what they were doing with stuxnet too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I heard 5 months, forgot where from. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) From a spy craft and capabilities standpoint it’s an amazing attack. I’m skeptical that using the devices as bombs is more useful than using them for spying, but who knows? It is super fucked up that random people who happen to be near the targets could be hurt. But between that and the stuxnet attack, it’s safe to say that Israel is capable of crazy sophisticated attacks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Except they barely knew what they were doing with stuxnet too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Except they barely knew what they were doing with stuxnet too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I heard 5 months, forgot where from. permalink fedilink source parent