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Hezbollah Hacked Israeli Military Radio

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the how-to-kill-tanks dept.

florescent_beige writes, "Newsday is reporting that Hezbollah was able to monitor secure Israeli military communications, perhaps using technology supplied by Iran, during the recent Lebanon war. A former Israeli general, speaking anonymously, called the results 'disastrous' for Israel. The story reports that an anonymous Lebanese source said that Hezbollah might have taken advantage of Israeli soldiers' mistakes in following secure radio procedures. The radio gear uses frequency hopping and encryption." The article identifies the Israeli communications equipment as the US-designed Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System.

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  1. I thought the Israelis were sharper than that by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    They should have used the New Testament Bible Code, not the Old Testament Bible Code.

  2. Diebold question by ciaohound · · Score: 2, Funny

    Were they able to crack the Israeli's mini-bar?

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    Oh, yeah, it's not easy to pad these out to 120 characters.
  3. Re:Maybe they haven't really by CaymanIslandCarpedie · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you have access to your enemy's communications, the absolute last thing you would ever want to do is tell your enemy that you know what they're saying.

    Sure, but thats not the real stupidity. It sounds like Hezbollah just admitted to a DMCA violation!!! So I'm a bit skeptical of this information. I think it could just be the beggining of a brillant new offensive against Hezbollah. Next we'll see stories of Hezbollah leading massive piracy operations. Then its on, bitch! Dealing with Bush may not be a big deal, but sending the legions of Disney, Sony, WB, etc lawyers after them is another thing all together!

    Thats REAL terrorisim! If this comes to pass I may actually feel sorry for them.

    Sorry probably a bad attempt at a joke :-)

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    "reality has a well-known liberal bias" - Steven Colbert
  4. Re:The Real News by lazarusdishwasher · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would it mean that they have to stop the jihad while they throw the evil thing off of the end of the world?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_Must_Be_Craz y

  5. um....okay by not+a+cylon · · Score: 1, Funny

    So they intercepted all this encrypted data, and *still* got their asses kicked? Talk about the suck.

  6. This matters why? by Jack9 · · Score: 3, Funny

    So they cracked communications such as

    "We've killed everyone in the area, moving on to the next village."

    "They are falling back in a northernly direction, sending missile salvos 1, 2, and 3 miles ahead of our mechanized division to thin out the runners and reduce resistance as we proceed."

    "Good hit. They didn't have a chance."

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