New Delhi/New York, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Secret Service has dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York tristate area that were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials, which represented an imminent threat to the agency's protective operations.
This protective intelligence investigation led to the discovery of more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites, the Secret Service said in a statement.
These devices were concentrated within 35 miles of the global meeting of the United Nations General Assembly now underway in New York City.
In addition to carrying out anonymous telephonic threats, these devices ...