Iran plunged into fear after Israeli pagers and walkie-talkies attacked Hezbollah fighters. The Iranian military, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), has advised all its members not to use any type of communication equipment.
In addition, Iran has begun investigating all electronic equipment of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. So that such an attack could not happen in their place. Iranian security officials provided this information to Reuters. Most of the equipment is said to be manufactured in homes within Iran. Or they are imported from Russia and China.
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All gadgets owned by all IRGC soldiers were collected and scrutinized. Especially for senior officials and mid-level soldiers and officers. This way Israeli agents cannot infiltrate and do the same thing to Iranian soldiers as they did to Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon and Syria.
September 17 pager explosion rocks Lebanon
On September 17, 2024, during the war between Israel and Hamas, Lebanon and its Hezbollah militants suffered a new type of attack. Suddenly, thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah militants in many cities in Lebanon and Syria exploded. Among them, 12 people died and more than 4,000 were injured. After that, on September 18, explosions such as walkie-talkies, doorbells, and disc connections occurred in many places.
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Why does Hezbollah use old technology pagers?
The world is aware of Israel’s ability to intercept, hack and track new technologies. Can hinder any type of modern digital communication system. Such as the internet, smartphone or landline phone. Therefore, Hezbollah uses pagers based on old technology. This way we avoid surveillance. Cracking and tracking lesser-used pagers is not easy.
How long have Hezbollah been using pagers?
Hezbollah intelligence agencies use a number of counterintelligence tools. They also have electronic surveillance and interception technology. Since 2011, Hezbollah has had the ability to analyze cellphone data. In the 1990s, Hezbollah fighters learned to download unencrypted data.
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Hezbollah allegedly developed a counterintelligence system with the help of Russia, its spy agency FSB and Iran. In 2008, he discovered an Israeli vulnerability in the group’s fiber-optic network near Mount Senin.
Pagers are an ancient technology. It is known for more secure, low-data-volume communication. There are no details yet on how long the pagers have been in use. But all of these systems are believed to have been established by Hezbollah since 1980.
