The U.S. Secret Service dismantled a threat to national cell service on Tuesday at multiple sites in New York City concentrated within 35 miles of the United Nations General Assembly where world leaders including President Trump are set to gather.
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.
The U.S. Secret Service has dismantled a massive hidden telecom network in New York. Investigators say the system could have crippled cell towers and jammed 911 calls.
The Secret Service dismantled a massive network of electronic devices in the New York tri-state area that posed a threat to America’s communications grid.
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.
NEW YORK (WHDH) - The Secret Service says it dismantled a network of telecommunications devices in the tri-state area. According to investigators, the network had
US authorities say hidden system included over 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers in the New York area with the power to interfere with emergency communication services
The cache, made up of more than 300 SIM servers packed with over 100,000 SIM cards and clustered within 35 miles of the United Nations, represents one of the most sweeping communications threats uncovered on U.S. soil.
NEW YORK (AP) — While close to 150 world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service was quietly dismantling
The Secret Service has uncovered a vast network of over 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers in the New York area, believed to be used by foreign "nation-state threat actors" and criminals for swatting calls targeting prominent conservatives and potentially disabling cell phone towers.
The Secret Service uncovered a hidden telecom network near the U.N. capable of disrupting cell service and emergency response during the General Assembly