The Secret Service dismantled a network of more than 300 SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards in the New York-area that were capable of crippling telecom systems and carrying out anonymous telephonic attacks, disrupting the threat before world leaders arrived for the UN General… pic.twitter.com/sZKUeGqvGY
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) September 23, 2025
more here at LegalInsurrection:
a discovery officials say had the capacity to blind cellular communications and overwhelm emergency channels just as world leaders convened for the U.N. General Assembly...
investigators discovered tens of thousands of co-located and network cellular devices capable of carrying out nefarious telecommunications attacks. These devices allowed anonymous, encrypted communications between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises, enabling criminal organizations to operate undetected.
This network had the potential to disable cell phone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in New York City.”
an article on electronic warfare can be read here if you want details on why this was a big threat.
Renenber when the Ukraine was attacked by Russia, and the west was dithering on how to help them? Well, Russia took out their communications networks, so Elon Musk positioned satellites and sent in receivers so they could use Starlink
>Wikipedia link might not be accurate but does have a lot of information about this.
here in the Philippines, China is involved in both internet and telecommunications, so we are vulnerable, and of course the internet cables go through the West Philppine sea....
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update: Conservative news site Breitbart says the Simcards etc were involved with swatting attacks agianst Republicans and government officials.
Targets of the swatting calls reportedly include Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), and Nikki Haley. The Secret Service’s Advanced Threat Interdiction Unit, in collaboration with various law enforcement agencies, traced the swatting signals to several locations in the New York tri-state area. Upon further investigation, they found a sophisticated network of SIM servers capable of generating enormous amounts of phone traffic while rapidly switching out SIM cards to evade detection
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Definition of swat attack: calling in an emergency that requires police to intervene. This can be dangerous since the police assume criminal activity and might even send in a SWAT team, while those at the location might assume this is an attack by criminals and shoot in self defense.
If the system was used to attack political enemies, it suggests an entity willing to use sophisticated devices to harm for political purposes. But why use such a sophisticated network for what is usuallly seen as a prank or a minor crime?
But the real danger: That a rogue state operative is working with local terrorist groups.
This, not the murder of Chralie Kirk, might be one of the reasons Trumpieboy has declared Antifa to be a terrorist organization.
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