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.
CNN

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

On Christmas Day 2023, a man called the suicide prevention hotline claiming he had shot his girlfriend and threatening to kill himself. Police barreled toward the address but turned around before they ...
USA Today

Secret Service says it foiled plot that could have caused cell phone blackout

The Secret Service said it has foiled a telecommunications network of tens of thousands of devices that could have been used to wipe out cell networks in New York City, all while world leaders ...
Penn Live

Secret Service says it dismantled threat that could’ve crippled cell service

NEW YORK (AP) — While close to 150 world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the U.N. General Assembly, opening Tuesday, the U.S. Secret Service was quietly dismantling a massive hidden ...
Yahoo

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

NEW YORK (AP) — While close to 150 world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service was quietly dismantling a massive hidden telecom network across ...
NPR

Secret Service stops plot that could have shut down New York City cellphone service

The Secret Service says it disrupted a network of devices that could've shut down cellphone communications in New York City. Wall Street Journal reporter Joseph De Avila talks about the investigation.