Buongiorno, siccome ne ho lette di tutti i colori in merito a "hanno stati gli hacker col MALWARE" (anche da presunti espertoni), vale la pena analizzare i fatti cum granu salis e smetterla con la SUPERSTIZIONE. https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/8-dead-2700-injured-after-simultane... «11 dead, thousands injured in explosive supply chain attack on Hezbollah pagers. - Supply chain attack may be to blame.» [Nate Anderson] - Updated Sep 18, 2024 2:00 am UTC --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- A massive wave of pager explosions across Lebanon and Syria beginning at 3:30 pm local time today killed at least 11 people and injured more than 2,700, according to local officials. Many of the injured appear to be Hezbollah members, although a young girl is said to be among the dead. Anonymous officials briefed on the matter are now describing it as a supply chain attack in which Israel was able to hide small amounts of explosives inside Taiwanese pagers shipped to Lebanon. The explosive was allegedly triggered by a small switch inside the pagers that would be activated upon receiving a specific code. Once that code was received, the pagers beeped for several seconds—and then detonated. [...] The shocking—and novel—attack appears to have relied on a wave of recently imported Hezbollah pagers, according to [reporting in The Wall Street Journal]. (The group had already warned its members to avoid using cell phones due to both tracking and assassination concerns.) [...] (An [early story from a local media outlet] claimed that "the pager server was compromised, leading to the installation of a script that caused an overload. This likely resulted in the overheating of the lithium battery, which then exploded.") The WSJ quoted regional security analyst Michael Horowitz as suggesting the attack was likely caused by either 1) malware triggering the batteries to overheat/explode or 2) an actual explosive charge inserted in the devices at some point in the supply chain and then detonated remotely. [...] Late in the day, US and other officials anonymously [told the New York Times] that the attack was, in fact, caused by explosives. Israel managed to insert "as little as one or two ounces" of explosive material next to the battery inside each pager, officials said. [...] Reuters has a [similar report], using different sources, but it also notes that the president of Gold Apollo emphatically claimed today that the pagers were not made by his company in Taiwan. Rather, he said, they were made under license by a company called BAC, which then put Gold Apollo's branding on them. [...] /This breaking news story has been rewritten to incorporate updates added throughout the day./ [Nate Anderson] <https://arstechnica.com/author/nate-anderson/> [reporting in The Wall Street Journal] <https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hundreds-of-hezbollah-operatives-pagers...> [early story from a local media outlet] <https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon-news/796406/understanding-the-pager-and...> [told the New York Times] <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-pagers-...> [similar report] <https://news.sky.com/story/explosive-pagers-used-by-hezbollah-had-been-modif...> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.