Operation 1980s Called And Want Their Tech Back may not yet have ended. According to multiple reports, a second wave of explosions have taken place in Lebanon, primarily in Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut and the Bekaa Valley. This time, the explosions have been created by “networked devices” and possibly walkie-talkies.
The BBC has begun tracking these reports in a live blog, and has an image of smoke plumes rising over Beirut. And this might not be a coincidence to yesterday’s pagercide:
A security source now tells Reuters that hand-held radios have been targeted in the latest attacks in Lebanon.
A source also says Hezbollah bought the radios five months ago, at the same time as the pagers that exploded yesterday.
The Jerusalem Post suggests that “networked devices” may have gotten detonated in some fashion. Hezbollah has now warned all its personnel to stop using all communications…