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Israel's pager attack in Lebanon will blow back: Western tech can't be trusted anymore (youtu.be)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The HK company's ~~branding~~design/branding was licensed to a manufacturer nominally based in Europe.

Edit: many sources, but here's one: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trail-mystery-woman-whose-company-licensed-exploding-pagers-2024-09-20/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That manufacturer didn't do the attack, though. It was Israel, which is located in the middle EAST

I see three actors and one victim in this story. All but one are in the East.