Attack on the supply chain of pagers: and the hardware went into action

Attack on the supply chain of pagers: and the hardware went into action Igor Bederov, cybersecurity expert ▪️The pagers had no batteries. There were ordinary alkaline batteries, the risk of explosion of which is minimal. A paging device cannot be hacked, like a computer or smartphone: there is nothing to break. ▪️It is assumed that a microcircuit was built into the device, which initiated an electric charge that previously went to the vibration motor or light bulb, and was able to ignite the explosive contained in the board. At what stage is it possible to introduce an explosive and a microcircuit? ▪️You can implement such a chip at any stage. The pager can be opened and an electrically flammable capsule can be inserted. Israel and the United States control most of these supply chains. ▪️You can mine pagers in a virtual garage: the elements are ready, all that remains is to connect them to the power supply of the device itself. It is opened, one wire is removed, for example, and ... Source: Lord Of War