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

While close to 150 world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service was ...

Secret Service finds network that could shut down NYC communications

The U.S. Secret Service announced it has disrupted a network in New York City that they say could have shut down telecom ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

The Secret Service has dismantled a telecom threat near the UN. It could have disabled cell service in NYC

While close to 150 world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service was ...

Secret Service agents dismantle network that could shut down New York cellphone system

Agents discovered electronic devices in five locations in and around the city that could be used to disable cellphone towers.

U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly

Early analysis shows the network was used for communication between foreign governments and individuals known to U.S. law ...

Secret Service believes it thwarted plot that could have dismantled NYC's telecommunications network: Officials

Secret Service agents believe they have cracked a plot that could have crippled the telecommunications network -- and law enforcement functions -- in the nation's largest city as more than 150 world ...

Secret Service Dismantles Telecoms Threat to U.S. Officials Ahead of U.N. General Assembly

Secret Service seized 300 SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards that could have shut down the cellular network in New York.

Secret Service Finds Hidden Telecom 'Threat' That Could Black Out Cell Service In NYC

Investigators say the system could have crippled cell towers, jammed 911 calls and flooded networks with chaos at the very ...

Secret Service Takes Down Imminent Threat As UN Leaders Meet in New York

All the devices were found within 35 miles of the United Nations General Assembly meeting of world leaders in New York City that kicked off on Monday, September 22. The Secret Service release said its ...

Secret Service traced swatting threats against officials. They found 300 servers capable of crippling New York’s cell system

A Secret Service unit set out to unmask the layers of burner phones, changing phone numbers and SIM cards that were swatting American officials. It ended with the largest seizure of SIM servers and ...
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth

Secret Service dismantles telecom threat capable of crippling NYC cell service

The U.S. Secret Service has dismantled a massive hidden telecom network in New York. Investigators say the system could have ...