The U.S. Secret Service said it dismantled a network of electronic devices in the New York area that were used to conduct “telecommunications-related threats” against senior government officials ahead of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

More than 300 SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards that could have been used to disable cell towers and facilitate “anonymous, encrypted communication between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises” were taken apart, the Secret Service said.

The network had the potential to "essentially shut down the cellular network in New York City," U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Matt McCool said in a video released by the agency.

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