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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Devices seized near U.N. meeting could have shut down cellphone networks

A Secret Service operation uncovered a large SIM-server network in the New York area capable of disrupting cell networks, enabling espionage, and facilitating criminal communications.
fromNews 12 - Default
1 week ago

Secret Service dismantles telecom threat around UN capable of crippling cell service in NYC

It can't be understated what this system is capable of doing," said Matt McCool, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service's New York field office. "It can take down cell towers, so then no longer can people communicate, right? .... You can't text message, you can't use your cell phone. And if you coupled that with some sort of other event associated with UNGA, you know, use your imagination there, it could be catastrophic to the city."
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