PAGER EXPLOSIONS IN LEBANON – IMPACT ON REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
PAGER EXPLOSIONS IN LEBANON – IMPACT ON REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Author(s): Lyubosvet STOEV, Zhivo PETROV
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Israel–Hezbollah conflict; supply chain infiltration; supply chain security; international reactions; Electronic Warfare; Psychological Operations; Cybersecurity; Middle East conflict.
Summary/Abstract: The article relates to the interlude of 2024 Israel-Hezbollah war, and focuses onto the cyberattack against pagers and other electronic devices in Lebanon and Syria on September 17and 18, 2024. A brief chronology of events is presented, followed by a review of pager technology for one-way communication. Features of the explosive substance used were examined and a hypothesis was developed for the method of attack. Finally, the consequences of the attack are analyzed as the both sides marched towards a full-scale war.

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