US EditionSecret Service dismantles telecom threat around UN capable of crippling cell service in NYC
The dismantled telecom network had over 300 SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards capable of sending 30 million texts per minute, posing a severe threat to communications, officials said.
- The US Secret Service dismantled a vast network of over 300 SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards across the New York tristate area capable of facilitating swatting and telecommunications disruption.
- The operation began six months ago after multiple swatting threats targeted senior US officials, including lawmakers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rick Scott, following Donald Trump's election win.
- Law enforcement uncovered a network of electronic safe houses arranged around the perimeter of New York City's cellular infrastructure, facilitating covert and rapid SIM card swapping to conceal calls and potentially disrupt cell towers.
- Special Agent Matt McCool stated the network could send encrypted anonymous texts to every US resident within 12 minutes and that foreign governments and criminals used it to manage operations.
- Officials declared the network no longer threatens New York but cautioned about similar nationwide networks tied to cartels, terrorists, and human traffickers that remain under investigation.
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According to Secret Service, an incident occurred during the UN general debate in New York. A telecommunications network that had been unknown until then had been smashed around the UN headquarters, which could have paralyzed the communication of the entire city.
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Secret Service dismantles telecom threat around U.N. capable of crippling cell service
While close to 150 world leaders prepared for the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service was quietly dismantling a massive hidden telecom network across the New York area.
Secret Service Foils Foreign-Linked Plot To Disable NYC Cellular Network Amid UN General Assembly
The Secret Service on Tuesday dismantled an illicit network of electronic devices in the New York tristate area that could have been used to shut down cell networks as world leaders gather in Manhattan for the U.N. General Assembly.The post Secret Service Foils Foreign-Linked Plot To Disable NYC Cellular Network Amid UN General Assembly appeared first on .
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