US Secret Service 'Dismantles Telecommunications Threat'

mrspoonsi writes: The US Secret Service says it has dismantled a network of more than 300 SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards in the New York area that were capable of crippling telecom systems.

The devices were 'concentrated within 35 miles of the global meeting of the UN General Assembly now under way in New York City' and an investigation has been launched, it adds in a press statement.

The Secret Service says the dangers posed included 'disabling cell phone towers, enabling denial of services attacks, and facilitating anonymous, encrypted communication between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises.'

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