Secret Service Thwarts a Telecom Threat Near the UN

Federal agents dismantled a network of devices in the New York area that was used to threaten senior US government officials and bore signs of foreign involvement, according to the Secret Service.

Agents discovered more than 300 SIM card servers and 100,000 SIM cards at several locations within a 35-mile radius of New York City, according to a statement on Tuesday. An attack could have severely disrupted New York at a time when world leaders are gathering in the city for a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The General Assembly, designated a National Special Security Event, is the most complex security operation New York City faces each year.