US EditionSecret Service dismantles telecom threat around UN capable of crippling cell service in NYC
The dismantled network included over 300 SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards that could launch telecom attacks and facilitate encrypted communications between foreign and criminal actors.
- 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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"It could be catastrophic to the city" - US Secret Service takes down massive million-dollar network of SIM cards it says was capable of taking down comms across New York
US Secret Service dismantles network of 100,000 SIM cards possibly able to disable cell phone towers ahead of UN General Assembly.
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A massive illegal electronic device network capable of crippling cell towers and jamming 911 calls across New York City was uncovered by the Secret Service — just as world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the UN General Assembly, officials said Tuesday. “It can take down cell towers, so then no longer can people communicate, right? …. You can’t text message, you can’t use your cell phone. And if you coupled that with some sort of oth…
Secret Service Foils Plot Near UN General Assembly To Shut Down Cell Service In New York
Secret-Service-cell-phone-service-threat-new-york The U.S. Secret Service announced on Monday that is had dismantled a network of electronic devices large enough to “shut down the cellular network in New York City.” The devices, found throughout the New York tristate area, “were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials,” according to a statement from the agency. More than 300 c…
Secret Service dismantles ‘nefarious network’ amid UN meeting in New York City
The U.S. Secret Service announced that it has dismantled a network of electronic devices scattered across the New York tristate area that, according to the agency, posed “an imminent threat” to protective operations and were used to issue...
Secret Service Blocked Major Telecommunications Attack Against UN General Assembly in NYC
The U.S. Secret Service thwarted what could have been a significant attack on telecommunications systems in New York City during the UN General Assembly meeting this week. The post Secret Service Blocked Major Telecommunications Attack Against UN General Assembly in NYC appeared first on Slay News.
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