The wave of exploding pagers was unlikely to have been the result of cyberwarfare, and was most likely a massive intelligence operation.
More than 2,800 people have been reported injured in the wave of blasts, with at least eight confirmed deaths, Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiadin a televised press conference. At least one child was injured, he said, adding that hospitals were overwhelmed. Hezbollah has blamedbegan to spread, so too did rumors that Hezbollah operatives were being targeted in a cyberwarfare operation designed to make batteries used in secure communications devices “explode.
The difference between an “explosion” caused by thermal runaway of a lithium-ion battery and the rapid detonation of even a small amount of a military grade plastic explosive is significant: The first is a sudden burst of flame, whereas the second is more akin to the bang of a large firecracker. It is possible that whoever added the explosives to the pagers was able to trigger them by remotely overheating a battery — PETN detonates at a temperature of 215º Celsius . An individual carrying a device rapidly heating up to that temperature would almost certainly notice it prior to the pager exploding.
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