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The U.S. Secret Service dismantled a massive telecommunications network hidden throughout the New York City area , forcing investigators to confront a startling reality surrounding threats to national security.

The bust marks one of the largest communications threats uncovered within the country, with over 300 SIM servers filled with more than 100,000 SIM cards discovered throughout various sites within the tri-state area. The devices possessed the capability to transmit up to 30 million text messages a minute, according to The Associated Press.

"The potential for disruption to our country’s telecommunications posed by this network of devices cannot be overstated," U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran said in a st

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