Submission + - Cyberattack Reportedly Caused Hundreds of Pagers to Explode in Lebanon (securityweek.com) 1
wiredmikey writes: Hundreds of people, including Iran’s ambassador, were wounded in Lebanon after their handheld pagers exploded in what a Hezbollah official speculated was a malware attack that caused the pagers to heat up and explode. Photos and videos from Beirut’s southern suburbs circulating on social media and in local media showed people lying on the pavement with wounds on their hands or near their pants pockets.
Officials pointed the finger at Israel in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack at a time of rising tensions across the Lebanon border.
Officials pointed the finger at Israel in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack at a time of rising tensions across the Lebanon border.
Poor design lacked adequate safeties (Score:1)
If you can remotely make a pager literally burn its users by just using the pager network, there's a fault with the pager itself. Whether that's damage, a problem in manufacturing, or a problem with design, it's a problem.
Same goes for your phone: If someone can send commands to it through the phone network that cause the user to burn, it's a faulty phone.