At 3:30 pm on September 17, 2024, thousands of explosions occurred simultaneously in multiple cities in Lebanon and Syria. This was an attack that no one expected. Pagers used by Hezbollah fighters for communication. They began to burst one by one. It is said that about five thousand explosions occurred. Eleven people were killed in the attack. More than 4,000 people were injured. The Israeli spy agency Mossad was blamed for the attack.
Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Mojtaba Amini also fell victim to this pager bombing. He lost an eye. Who carried out this attack? How did you do it? What was the method? No one has officially been held responsible for this. But the blame has been placed on Israel. What would have happened if such a situation had happened in India? Would such a situation ever happen again?
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Is the pager explosion a cyber attack?
Experts believe that it is difficult to remotely hack a pager and blow it up. The most likely possibility is that Israel infiltrated the pager supply chain and planted explosives in it. The pager became an explosive device. In other words, it was made into a weapon.
Physical access to the pager was gained from somewhere to carry out the attack. No case of cyber hacking has been brought to light. If you think your phone can be modified into a weapon by some foreign organization, then rest assured. The pager that was ripped was an electronic device, not a digital device. This is electronic warfare.
If the pager explosion wasn’t caused by hackers, then how was it caused?
Hezbollah got this pager through foreign channels. Israel may have received intelligence about a new shipment of these pagers. Mossad agents must have been working on this. The attackers who hacked the pagers may have physically modified them. So that they could blow them up remotely. These were triggered together.
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Who makes these exploding pagers?
Most of the pagers that exploded came from the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo. However, the company said it did not manufacture the pagers. It was made by the European company BAC, which had obtained a license to produce Gold Apollo. The supply chain was used in the attack. A company that the world knew little about was chosen. Or not.
Why is Hezbollah using old technology pagers?
The whole world knows that Israel has the ability to intercept, hack and track new technologies. Any type of modern digital communication system can be blocked. For example, the Internet, smartphones or landlines. Therefore, Hezbollah uses pagers based on old technology. This way we can avoid surveillance. It is not easy to hack and track less used pagers.
What arrangements has India made to avoid such attacks?
India has made arrangements to stop such attacks. The government always keeps an eye on public communication hardware. To eliminate the problems caused by them. For example, the penetration of 5G technology in India by countries like China is stopped. This means their technology is not allowed to come to India.
It is important that foreign technology is not used in the country to avoid such attacks. Especially from enemy countries. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had said earlier this month that India is building its own 5G technology. It is very advanced. It will benefit national security in the long run. He said that the use of equipment imported from abroad will be stopped. For example, CCTV cameras are connected to China from somewhere. These also pose security threats.
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