JUST IN: Secret Service Busts Massive Telecom Threat Near United Nations

David Gilmour Sep 23rd, 2025, 7:46 am

(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

U.S. Secret Service officials have announced that the agency busted and dismantled a sprawling, covert telecom network that investigators say could have plunged New York into chaos as foreign leaders converged on Manhattan for the 80th UN General Assembly.

Officials shared on Tuesday how they had seized more than 300 SIM servers holding over 100,000 SIM cards across sites within 35 miles of the United Nations headquarters.

The system, agents warned, was capable of jamming 911 calls, collapsing cell connectivity, and flooding networks at the height of one of the city’s most security-sensitive weeks.

This photo provided by the U.S. Secret Service,

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