@ai6yr The logistics required to pull this off are mind-boggling, even if you’re (say) Israel. They had to get intel that they were about to switch to pagers and then be quickly ready with a fully realized supply chain compromise. Did they have a warehouse full of exploding pagers sitting around ready to go, just in case the opportunity arose someday?

@mattblaze @ai6yr see here. Sounds like the colloquial use of explosion. Or, shrapnel from venting battery case and not an actual explosive compound. It still could be a supply chain attack to maximize the damage from an overheating cell and maybe an exploit to trigger it. https://infosec.exchange/@maldr0id/113153469153635802

@johne @ai6yr The other big question: What model pagers were these? Do any one way pagers use LiIon batteries?

@mattblaze @johne @ai6yr Here’s the likely model, they use LiIon batteries. But I find it extremely implausible that this was an explosion of a LiIon battery.
Now if anybody has a manual to this device with a picture of the innards and the back I’d be very happy.
https://mstdn.strafpla.net/@chris/113153556769556246