A series of explosions caused by allegedly tampered pagers have ripped through several areas in Lebanon, particularly the southern suburbs of Beirut. Lebanese officials and Hezbollah blame Israel for the attack, while Israel remains silent. Theories suggest a cybersecurity breach or a 'supply chain attack' where pagers were rigged with explosives during manufacturing.
Lebanon and Hezbollah have both blamed Israel for the attack, while Israel 's military has withheld comment.
State media NNA reported that "hacked" pager devices exploded in the towns of Ali Al-Nahri and Riyaq in Lebanon's central Beqaa valley, resulting in a significant number of injuries.One theory is that there was a cybersecurity breach, causing the pagers' lithium batteries to overheat and detonate. David Kennedy, a former US National Security Agency intelligence analyst, told CNN that the explosions seen in videos shared online appear to be "too large for this to be a remote and direct hack that would overload the pager and cause a lithium battery explosion."Kennedy said he found the second theory to be more plausible.
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