Massive Secret Electronics Could Have Crippled NYC

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From The New York Post:

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.

Investigators discovered the trove of devices — including more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards – at multiple locations within 35 miles of the United Nations.

A wall of SIM boxes seized by the U.S. Secret Service.
This photo provided by the US Secret Service, in New York, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, shows a wall of SIM boxes at the location where they were seized by the agency.AP

Officials warned the devices had the capability of carrying out a wide-range of telecommunications attacks — including spamming networks with up to 30 million text messages a minute — that could have had “catastrophic” consequences for the city.

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