U.S. Secret Service agents dismantled electronic devices at multiple New York City locations that could have potentially been used to disable the city's cellphone network and anonymously convey assassination threats against senior U.S. officials, as well as other criminal activities, the agency announced on Tuesday (September 23).
Secret Service agents discovered more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards, as well as 80 grams of cocaine, illegal firearms, computers and cellphones in five locations within the New York City area, which includes the United Nations, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to address the UN general assembly on Tuesday, officials announced.
“The potential for disruption to our country’s telecommunications posed by this network of d