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    George K
    wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 11:21 last edited by
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    "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 K
      wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 11:21 last edited by
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      "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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        bachophile
        wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 11:24 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.

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          George K
          wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 11:55 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 Dad
            wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 12:21 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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              18 Sept 2024, 11:24

              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.

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              LuFins Dad
              wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 12:29 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 Dad
                wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 12:32 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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                  18 Sept 2024, 09:09

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

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                  89th
                  wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 12:44 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"

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                    18 Sept 2024, 12:44

                    @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"

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                    George K
                    wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 12:47 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 K
                      wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 13:36 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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                        bachophile
                        wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:13 last edited by
                        #52

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

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                          bachophile
                          wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:16 last edited by
                          #53

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

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                            Horace
                            wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:18 last edited by
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                            Walkie Talkies are how they did Oct 7 as I recall.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:29 last edited by
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                              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                              -Cormac McCarthy

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                                18 Sept 2024, 14:16

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

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                                LuFins Dad
                                wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:39 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-nyc
                                  wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:42 last edited by
                                  #57

                                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                                    Renauda
                                    wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:43 last edited by
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                                    Brilliant.

                                    Elbows up!

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                                      LuFins Dad
                                      wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:47 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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                                        Horace
                                        wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:48 last edited by
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                                        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 Dad
                                          wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:52 last edited by
                                          #61

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

                                          The Brad

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