This is a great bit of psychological warfare.
Recently, Israel hacked into the Syrian phone system, and sent thousands of messages to Syrians offering a $10 million reward for information on the whereabouts of missing Israeli soldiers.
It’s not just Syria either.
For the last two years, Israel has been hacking into Lebanon based Hezbollah radio and TV broadcasts, and inserting messages that point out mistakes Hezbollah has made, or lies Hezbollah has been pushing, or simply ridiculing the Islamic radicals.
I love that last bit. Do they also ridicule the chinless ophthalmologist?
Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
Wow, that’s cool. I had no idea that they could do that with a phone system. Unless it’s just a matter of getting a phone book and placing lots of international calls.
The radio and TV thing would more properly be called “jamming” than “hacking”, I think. It’s just a matter of transmitting a more powerful signal on the same frequency. We have airplanes that can override enemy broadcasts like that. Little studios inside them and everything.
What’s Arabic for “All your base are belong to us”?
It’s “hacking” when the Israelis do it. For evedryone else, it’s called “telemarketing.”