I definitely didn’t have exploding pagers on my radar.
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ViXY_DBCreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer How does @nytimes know so much about this terrorist plot, yet said nothing until the plot killed people?
Would that be an accomplice to mass murder and terrorism?
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by [email protected]
Gold Apollo claims they didn't make the pagers but licensed the production to BAC Consulting in Budapest, Hungary. And I am sure that BAC Consulting will say that they in turn used whatever electronics company to produce pagers. It'll be a complicated supply chain. (possibly paywalled) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/world/asia/taiwan-pagers-lebanon.html
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[email protected]replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer What if we hold them responsible anyway for not properly vetting their supply chain.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to [email protected] last edited by
@StarkRG "We" can only observe and deduct. We are not judges or prosecutors, AFAICS ...
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to ViXY_DBC last edited by
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sortiusreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer yeh, look, I don't think any company would know it's happened. The whole point is you intercept shipments with no one's knowledge.
It's easy to do with supply chains originating in China. Not a knock on China, but the sheer volume means delays are barely noticed, so the attack surface there is huge if you're up against Mossad
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Patrick Georgireplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer I kinda doubt that BAC Consulting will say anything.
That company exists since May 2022, no other activities that I could find... Almost as if it was specially built for the purpose of building and distributing explosive pagers under a third-party's name.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to sortius last edited by
@sortius I remember the NSA/Cisco supply chain attack where it happened during shipping by intercepting the parcels. No China needed, just some good contacts at UPS or FedEx https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Patrick Georgi last edited by
@patrick Apollo claims they have worked with BAC Consulting since many years.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
Told you so. BAC Consulting to NBC News: “I don’t make the pagers. I am just the intermediate. I think you got it wrong.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taiwan-firm-denies-making-pagers-used-lebanon-explosions-rcna171594
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
Wow. So, according to 3 officials, BAC Consulting was an Israeli- run shell company. Created specifically to sell pagers with explosives to Hezbollah. (possibly paywalled) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/world/middleeast/israel-exploding-pagers-hezbollah.html