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2024-09-21 Cyber

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Posted by badanov 2024-09-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11123 views ] Top

#1 Too long; didn't listen. Could somebody do the Cliff Notes version, Please?

Posted by Bobby 2024-09-21 00:21|| 2024-09-21 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 #1 Too long; didn't listen. Could somebody do the Cliff Notes version, Please?

Walt (3dc) and I discussed this on Facebook Messenger:

I think the PETN was ignited when the Israelis sent a worm/virus to the pager exploiting a flaw in the remote charging feature of the pager, sparking an electrical charge strong enough to detonate the explosive.

YMMV

Posted by badanov 2024-09-21 00:41|| 2024-09-21 00:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Many IED's in Iraq and Afghaniztan were set off remotely via cell phone calls. When the target vehicle reached a certain place in the road (visible from a safe distance), the bad guys punched in the call. The ring on the second phone set off the charge. Similar principal to pager bombs. Remote detonation.

A new, updated twist on Viet era Project Eldest Son. Similar electronic satellite tracking technologies were used effectively in Afghanistan. If it emits a signal, it can be monitored from space. These explodie pagers appeared to be loaded with secondary explodie number.

(Graphic depicts remote, acoustic sensor ground monitoring device dropped along the Ho Chi Minh trail in Vietnam. Some trail sensors were emplaced or re-emplaced 'by hand' via very brave fellows who parachuted in and exfiltrated by walking South).

Posted by Besoeker 2024-09-21 05:07|| 2024-09-21 05:07|| Front Page Top

#4 PETN, sheten! Goyishe kops. It was a simple Kabbalistic spell - summoning a fire spirit - programed into pagers.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-09-21 07:05|| 2024-09-21 07:05|| Front Page Top

#5 If I get a new phone, I’m going to immediately go to a Browns game and pet the canine to see if he alerts on me. I will wear my Bean boots as a precaution.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-09-21 10:20|| 2024-09-21 10:20|| Front Page Top

#6 The internet says that if you put your phone in a bag of rice for 8 hours, it can’t explode so I’m going with that plan. Also don’t eat the rice.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-09-21 11:07|| 2024-09-21 11:07|| Front Page Top

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