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  • bachophileB Offline
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    bachophile
    wrote on last edited by bachophile
    #44

    Taiwan was just the shipper

    Manufacture in Hungary

    TG’s resources know no bounds

    Open Source Intel
    @Osint613
    Additional information about the company that sold the beepers to Hezbollah

    • According to the Hungarian company registry, it turns out that the Hungarian company BAC Consulting KFT, which manufactured the beepers for Hezbollah, was only established in 2022 and reached a turnover of one million euros in just two years.

    • The domain was purchased in 2020, two years before the company was founded.

    • The domain previously belonged to another company.

    • The company's website is filled with generic photos. It claims to specialize in various consulting fields, including environment, development, and international relations. It is unclear with whom the company has worked or what its experience is.

    • The company's official address is a private residence in Budapest.

    • The owner of the company, and apparently its only employee (according to the website), is Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono, who has an impressive and maintained LinkedIn profile. However, it is filled with posts irrelevant to her work and not typical for LinkedIn.

    • She holds a PhD, but she has no Facebook or Instagram accounts.

    • There are only 3-4 pictures of her on the internet, which is very unusual.

    • The other employees listed in the company have strange names, fake profiles, or are actual people who do not work for the company.

    • Cristiana's LinkedIn profile was created in 2019.

    • Her picture is also being used by another company, suggesting it may have been a fake picture.

    • The other company also appears fake, and its phone number is disconnected.

    The company's website was blocked this morning, now requiring a username and password to access.
    Attempts to call the company or Cristiana have gone unanswered.

    You can go and do some digging yourself.

    LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
    • George KG Offline
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      George K
      wrote on last edited by
      #45

      Some commentator said that this was a one-of type of thing. Of course, it can never be used again.

      But, in this case, the thinking was "Use it or lose it."

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • LuFins DadL Offline
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        LuFins Dad
        wrote on last edited by
        #46

        If there was a shell manufacturer, then there needed to be someone on the inside to direct Hezbollah to purchase from this company.

        The Brad

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        • bachophileB bachophile

          Taiwan was just the shipper

          Manufacture in Hungary

          TG’s resources know no bounds

          Open Source Intel
          @Osint613
          Additional information about the company that sold the beepers to Hezbollah

          • According to the Hungarian company registry, it turns out that the Hungarian company BAC Consulting KFT, which manufactured the beepers for Hezbollah, was only established in 2022 and reached a turnover of one million euros in just two years.

          • The domain was purchased in 2020, two years before the company was founded.

          • The domain previously belonged to another company.

          • The company's website is filled with generic photos. It claims to specialize in various consulting fields, including environment, development, and international relations. It is unclear with whom the company has worked or what its experience is.

          • The company's official address is a private residence in Budapest.

          • The owner of the company, and apparently its only employee (according to the website), is Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono, who has an impressive and maintained LinkedIn profile. However, it is filled with posts irrelevant to her work and not typical for LinkedIn.

          • She holds a PhD, but she has no Facebook or Instagram accounts.

          • There are only 3-4 pictures of her on the internet, which is very unusual.

          • The other employees listed in the company have strange names, fake profiles, or are actual people who do not work for the company.

          • Cristiana's LinkedIn profile was created in 2019.

          • Her picture is also being used by another company, suggesting it may have been a fake picture.

          • The other company also appears fake, and its phone number is disconnected.

          The company's website was blocked this morning, now requiring a username and password to access.
          Attempts to call the company or Cristiana have gone unanswered.

          You can go and do some digging yourself.

          LuFins DadL Offline
          LuFins DadL Offline
          LuFins Dad
          wrote on last edited by
          #47

          @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

          Taiwan was just the shipper

          Manufacture in Hungary

          TG’s resources know no bounds

          Open Source Intel
          @Osint613
          Additional information about the company that sold the beepers to Hezbollah

          • According to the Hungarian company registry, it turns out that the Hungarian company BAC Consulting KFT, which manufactured the beepers for Hezbollah, was only established in 2022 and reached a turnover of one million euros in just two years.

          • The domain was purchased in 2020, two years before the company was founded.

          • The domain previously belonged to another company.

          • The company's website is filled with generic photos. It claims to specialize in various consulting fields, including environment, development, and international relations. It is unclear with whom the company has worked or what its experience is.

          • The company's official address is a private residence in Budapest.

          • The owner of the company, and apparently its only employee (according to the website), is Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono, who has an impressive and maintained LinkedIn profile. However, it is filled with posts irrelevant to her work and not typical for LinkedIn.

          • She holds a PhD, but she has no Facebook or Instagram accounts.

          • There are only 3-4 pictures of her on the internet, which is very unusual.

          • The other employees listed in the company have strange names, fake profiles, or are actual people who do not work for the company.

          • Cristiana's LinkedIn profile was created in 2019.

          • Her picture is also being used by another company, suggesting it may have been a fake picture.

          • The other company also appears fake, and its phone number is disconnected.

          The company's website was blocked this morning, now requiring a username and password to access.
          Attempts to call the company or Cristiana have gone unanswered.

          You can go and do some digging yourself.

          That still begs the question of whether it was a shell for Israel or for Hezbollah. Hezbollah can’t just call BlackBerry and order 5000 pagers…

          The Brad

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          • LuFins DadL Offline
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            LuFins Dad
            wrote on last edited by
            #48

            And if it was Luxembourg, then they planned this and began implementing it well before current hostilities. And the turnaround had to be incredibly fast. Hezbollah switched from cell phones only a few months ago.

            The Brad

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            • bachophileB bachophile

              She also spent time wandering around photographing embassies. Folks, we have a Mossad spy in our midst.

              89th8 Offline
              89th8 Offline
              89th
              wrote on last edited by
              #49

              @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

              She also spent time wandering around photographing embassies. Folks, we have a Mossad spy in our midst.

              Allegedly the pager message sent right before it exploded displayed "555"

              George KG 1 Reply Last reply
              • 89th8 89th

                @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

                She also spent time wandering around photographing embassies. Folks, we have a Mossad spy in our midst.

                Allegedly the pager message sent right before it exploded displayed "555"

                George KG Offline
                George KG Offline
                George K
                wrote on last edited by
                #50

                @89th said in The Exploding Pagers:

                Allegedly the pager message sent right before it exploded displayed "555"

                Somewhere I read that the message was 5318008 (but you had to turn it upside down).

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • George KG Offline
                  George KG Offline
                  George K
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #51

                  https://nypost.com/2024/09/18/world-news/exploding-pagers-were-detonated-with-message-impersonating-hezbollah-leadership-report/

                  The exploding pagers that wounded thousands of Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon Tuesday were reportedly detonated by a message impersonating the leaders of the recognized terrorist group.

                  Hezbollah militants all across Lebanon and parts of Syria received a message that appeared to be sent by the group’s leadership to their new pagers at 3:30 p.m. But in reality, the fake message was the trigger that set off explosives hidden in the devices, officials told the New York Times.

                  The message triggered the batteries inside the pagers to overheat and ignite the explosives, sources told Sky News Arabia.

                  Mossad allegedly intercepted a shipment of the Taiwanese-made beepers before it reached Lebanon and planted 1 to 2 ounces of pentaerythritol tetranitrate, a highly explosive material, next to the battery, along with a remote trigger switch, the Times and Sky News Arabia reported.

                  The devices were brand new, but it’s unclear when they arrived in Lebanon or how long they had been in use.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • bachophileB Offline
                    bachophileB Offline
                    bachophile
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #52

                    Very early reports. But right now it seems more unexplained explosions in Beirut.

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                    • bachophileB Offline
                      bachophileB Offline
                      bachophile
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #53

                      I’m hearing walkie talkies. But it’s still very unconfirmed.

                      LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
                      • HoraceH Offline
                        HoraceH Offline
                        Horace
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #54

                        Walkie Talkies are how they did Oct 7 as I recall.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                        • jon-nycJ Offline
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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #55

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                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          • bachophileB bachophile

                            I’m hearing walkie talkies. But it’s still very unconfirmed.

                            LuFins DadL Offline
                            LuFins DadL Offline
                            LuFins Dad
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #56

                            @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

                            I’m hearing walkie talkies. But it’s still very unconfirmed.

                            Interesting, I wonder if it was more interactive, requiring the user to press the send button before exploding? If so, this will be far more lethal. If not, it’s quite possible many devices were not in effective range.

                            The Brad

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                            • jon-nycJ Offline
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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #57

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                              • RenaudaR Offline
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                                Renauda
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #58

                                Brilliant.

                                Elbows up!

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                                • LuFins DadL Offline
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                                  LuFins Dad
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #59

                                  Of course, the walk is talkies could carry a heavier charge than a pager.

                                  “Muhammed, why are these walkie talkies so heavy?”

                                  “Is good! They are built solidly! They will hold up during the great intifada!”

                                  I would hate to be the Hezbollah procurement guy, right now.

                                  The Brad

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                                  • HoraceH Offline
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                                    Horace
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #60

                                    Apple is known to put deadweight in their products because people are known to associate weight with quality.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                    • LuFins DadL Offline
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                                      LuFins Dad
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #61

                                      This should lead to some pretty good Achmed the Dead Terrorist material

                                      The Brad

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                                      • bachophileB Offline
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                                        bachophile
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #62

                                        So they say now, the luxembourgers understood that hezbollah would switch immediately to an alternate channel of communication and so the next echelon was targeted.

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                                        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                          Of course, the walk is talkies could carry a heavier charge than a pager.

                                          “Muhammed, why are these walkie talkies so heavy?”

                                          “Is good! They are built solidly! They will hold up during the great intifada!”

                                          I would hate to be the Hezbollah procurement guy, right now.

                                          bachophileB Offline
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                                          bachophile
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #63

                                          @LuFins-Dad and maybe the hezbollah procurement guy is currently drinking a martini on Tel Aviv beach promenade?

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