How was Israel able to send text messages to people in Lebanon warning of impending strikes?
Israel’s preparations to strike homes and buildings in southern Lebanon where it claimed Hezbollah was storing weapons included calling and texting Lebanese residents to evacuate areas that would come under fire, according to Lebanese and Israeli government officials.
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The message was also heard on at least one Lebanese radio station, where Israel managed to seize control of the airwaves.
Israel was able to send the calls and texts by hacking into Lebanon’s telecommunications systems, a practice they have perfected over the last decade in Lebanon and in Gaza, according to two Israeli intelligence officers.
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Fucking terrifying how Israel is able to do these things without approval. Bombs are definitely more terrifying. That said, this tech stuff will make folks super paranoid.
It's the reason Hamas went entirely low tech, they won't even use dumb phones or pagers.
Yup. You usually only see combat reports from them when they return from the field because they simply don't use field comms.
They do use tech too, though as far as I know Comms are explicitly low tech.
Yeah, I meant to say just for communications. They do use more modern tech for weapons (like drones and GoPros).
Because the whole global mobile market is so insecure anyone can man in the middle and track anyone else for a couple thousand bucks a month. Go see the veritasium video.
Ss7 is extremely insecure. Was a great video on that from Veritasium https://youtu.be/wVyu7NB7W6Y
Lebanon really needs a “Do Not Call” list. /s
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