An emerging frontier

The drastic pager explosions in Lebanon, which killed at least nine people and injured ☐ern warfare-fought beyond traditional over 2,800, are a chilling indication of modweapons, with data and algorithms.

These explosions, targeting Hezbollah fighters through their communication devices, have laid bare a terrifying realitycyberspace is now the new frontier of conflict.

Hezbollah, long reliant on pagers for secure communication, suddenly found its trusted devices turned into deadly weapons. In what could be called a remarkable technological manipulation, pagersdevices perceived to be less vulnerable to hackingwere remotely triggered to explode. Thanks to this massive setback in its stronghold, Hezbollah stands visibly shaken.

This lethal cyber-attack, suspected to be orchestrated by Israel, may not be a one-off incident. It might open the floodgates for a larger shift in the global theatre of warfare, where sophisticated cyber exploits can disable critical systems, trigger destructive attacks, and still leave no fingerprints behind.