The Secret Service uncovered a large illegal electronic device network capable of disrupting cell towers and blocking 911 calls across New York City.

This revelation emerged as world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the UN General Assembly, officials said Tuesday. Investigators found over 300 SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards at several locations within 35 miles of the United Nations, according to the New York Post.

“The potential for disruption to our country’s telecommunications posed by this network of devices cannot be overstated,” Secret Service Director Sean Curran explained, per the Post.

The devices could have launched many telecommunications attacks, such as sending 30 million texts per minute. Officials warned this could have had “catastrophic” results for the city

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