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Pagers and walkie-talkies over cellphones – a security expert explains why Hezbollah went low-tech for communications

  • Written by Richard Forno, Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Pagers and walkie-talkies over cellphones – a security expert explains why Hezbollah went low-tech for communicationsA police officer examines a damaged car after thousands of pagers exploded simultaneously across Lebanon on Sept. 17, 2024.AP Photo/Hussein Malla

Electronic pagers across Lebanon exploded simultaneously on Sept. 17, 2024, killing 12 and wounding more than 2,700. The following day, another wave of explosions in the country came from detonating...

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