The US Secret Service says it has disrupted a network of devices used to carry out assassination threats against US officials and for anonymous communications between threat actors, according to a report from NBC News. In the Tuesday announcement, the agency revealed that it uncovered the network within a 35-mile radius of the United Nations General Assembly, which started this week.

In addition to posing a threat to US officials, the Secret Service said the devices could’ve shut down cellphone towers and emergency communications in the area as well.

The Secret Service began its investigation in the spring following “multiple telecommunications-related imminent threats directed towards senior US government officials.” Over the course of its investigation, the agency found over 300 SIM ca

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