Secret Service dismantles hidden telecom network capable of crippling cell service

While close to 150 world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service was ...

Secret Service foils massive plot to cripple NYC cell network and threaten UN General Assembly

Investigators discovered the trove of devices — including more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards — within ...

Secret Service agents dismantle network that could shut down New York cellphone system

Agents discovered electronic devices in five locations in and around the city that could be used to disable cellphone towers.

U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly

Early analysis shows the network was used for communication between foreign governments and individuals known to U.S. law ...

Secret Service traced swatting threats against officials. They found 300 servers capable of crippling New York’s cell system

A Secret Service unit set out to unmask the layers of burner phones, changing phone numbers and SIM cards that were swatting ...

Secret Service Thwarts Telecom Threat in NYC Area Ahead of U.N. General Assembly

The devices could conduct denial of services attacks and could facilitate other illicit telecommunication attacks, the agency ...

Secret Service Finds Hidden Telecom 'Threat' That Could Black Out Cell Service In NYC

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.
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When The UK’s Telephone Network Went Digital With System X

The switch from analog telephone exchanges to a purely digital network meant a revolution in just about any way imaginable. Gone were the bulky physical switches and associated system limitations. In ...