(The Hill) - The U.S. Secret Service dismantled a threat to national cell service on Tuesday at multiple sites in New York City concentrated within 35 miles of the United Nations General Assembly where world leaders including President Trump are set to gather.

Over 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards were discovered and will undergo forensic examination as the Secret Service conducts an investigation on the gadgets.

“These devices allowed anonymous encrypted communications between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises, enabling criminal organizations to operate undetected,” Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Matt McCool said in video remarks.

“This network had the potential to disable cell phone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in New Yor

See Full Page