The US Secret Service announced Tuesday that federal agents had uncovered and dismantled a sprawling network of devices in the New York area capable of disrupting mobile networks and enabling anonymous telecommunication attacks.

According to the agency, more than 300 SIM card servers and 100,000 SIM cards were seized from multiple sites within a 35-mile radius of the city. Officials said the devices could have been used to disable cell towers, launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, and facilitate encrypted communications between criminal networks and potential foreign actors.

“While forensic examination of these devices is ongoing, early analysis indicates cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals already known to federal law enforcement,” the Secret

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