Officials Said They Haven't Uncovered a Direct Plot to Disrupt the UN General Assembly and Noted There Are No Known Credible Threats to New York City. Agents Believe Nation-state Actors Used the System to Send Encrypted Messages to Organized Crime Groups

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The network was uncovered as part of a Secret Service investigation into telecommunications threats targeting government officials, according to investigators.

The Secret Service said the devices could have disabled mobile phone towers and conducted a range of telecommunications attacks in New York.

US Secret Service dismantles network of 100,000 SIM cards threatening New York's telecommunications ahead of UN General Assembly.

Investigators say the system could have crippled cell towers, jammed 911 calls and flooded networks with chaos at the very moment the city was most vulnerable.

US agency dismantled hidden telecom network that would have unleashed chaos ahead of UN general assembly

Officials Said They Haven't Uncovered a Direct Plot to Disrupt the UN General Assembly and Noted There Are No Known Credible Threats to New York City. Agents Believe Nation-state…

Agents believe nation-state actors used the system to send encrypted messages to organized crime groups, cartels and terrorist organizations.

Investigators say the scheme could have shut down the cellular network in New York City.

The U.S. Secret Service announced it has disrupted a network in New York City that they say could have shut down telecom services in the tri-state area.

The devices were concentrated within 35 miles (56 km) of the global meeting of the 193-member assembly“Early analysis indicates cellular communications between nation-state threat…