ATEST UPDATE: The death toll in the pager explosions in Lebanon has risen to 9, according to Lebanese media outlets.
UPDATE: Lebanon’s Health Minister reports that eight people have been killed and 2,750 injured due to exploding pagers across the country, per ABC News.
Over 1,000 individuals, mostly Hezbollah terrorists, were wounded when the pagers they use for communication exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
Authorities are expecting that the number of victims will continue to rise.
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Like Stuxnet, the pagers were either lithium battery overloaded or their distributor got infiltrated and micrograms of explosives were placed into the cases. The CIA made cellphones blowup in the early 2000s so this is nothing new.
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"Of course, the notion of destroying electronic devices via USB-based electrical overload is not new – rogue USB sticks that destroy computers by sending an unexpected surge of power onto the data lines of USB ports to which the sticks are connected have been around for quite some time. But, the ability to easily kill a device – or many devices – via malware is quite a bit scarier; attackers need not have physical access to a device in order to destroy it through the exploitation of BadPower. Also, BadPower exploitation can lead to not only a device becoming unusable, but, also, to a fire or an explosion.
https://josephsteinberg.com/hackers-can-cause-electronic-devices-to-self-destruct-or-to-destroy-other-devices-when-they-charge/
UPDATE: Lebanon’s Health Minister reports that eight people have been killed and 2,750 injured due to exploding pagers across the country, per ABC News.
Over 1,000 individuals, mostly Hezbollah terrorists, were wounded when the pagers they use for communication exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
Authorities are expecting that the number of victims will continue to rise.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Like Stuxnet, the pagers were either lithium battery overloaded or their distributor got infiltrated and micrograms of explosives were placed into the cases. The CIA made cellphones blowup in the early 2000s so this is nothing new.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Of course, the notion of destroying electronic devices via USB-based electrical overload is not new – rogue USB sticks that destroy computers by sending an unexpected surge of power onto the data lines of USB ports to which the sticks are connected have been around for quite some time. But, the ability to easily kill a device – or many devices – via malware is quite a bit scarier; attackers need not have physical access to a device in order to destroy it through the exploitation of BadPower. Also, BadPower exploitation can lead to not only a device becoming unusable, but, also, to a fire or an explosion.
https://josephsteinberg.com/hackers-can-cause-electronic-devices-to-self-destruct-or-to-destroy-other-devices-when-they-charge/
