The U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) said it had dismantled a network of more than 1,00,000 SIM cards that could have crashed New York's telecommunications network ahead of the U.N. General Assembly, linking the threat to "nation-state" actors.
"In addition to carrying out anonymous telephonic threats, these devices could be used to conduct a wide range of telecommunications attacks," the agency said in a statement.
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"This includes disabling cell phone towers, enabling denial of services attacks and facilitating anonymous, encrypted communication between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises."
The U.N.'s high-level general debate kicks off in New York on Tuesday, with U.S. President Donald Trump due to address the summit on its first day.
