Newsday has a story that, if true, is fascinating. They are reporting that using technology supplied by Iran, Hezbollah fighters were able to listen in on Israeli radio communications. They of course used this intel to evade the advancing units and counter attack.

“We were able to monitor Israeli communications, and we used this information to adjust our planning,” said a Hezbollah commander involved in the battles, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The official refused to detail how Hezbollah was able to intercept and decipher Israeli transmissions. He acknowledged that guerrillas were not able to hack into Israeli communications around the clock.

…a former Israeli general, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Hezbollah’s ability to secretly hack into military transmissions had “disastrous” consequences for the Israeli offensive.

For some interesting reading on this, try Ross Anderson’s Security Engineering on Electronic and Information Warfare [PDF]. This attack also reminds me of the man in the middle attack he talks about in Chapter 2 [PDF].

Hezbollah cracked the code [Newsday]

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