"The network - or at least the parts the Secret Service has discovered - was massive, consisting of more than 300 colocated SIM servers, controlling more than 100,000 SIM cards, set up at multiple locations. All of the facilities the Secret Service discovered were located throughout the New York Tri-state area (NY, New Jersey, and Connecticut) but all within 35 miles of the UN headquarters building in NYC."
""The investigation led us to the New York Tri-state area where investigators discovered tens of thousands of colocated and networked cellular devices capable of carrying out nefarious telecommunications attacks," Secret Service Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office Matt McCool said in a video accompanying the press release. "This network had the potential to disable cell phone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in New York City.""
"While the Secret Service wouldn't go into detail citing the active nature of the investigation, it did say that the SIM farms "were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior US government officials" in recent months. The investigation is ongoing and seized hardware is still being forensically examined, but the Secret Service said its early analysis suggests the US operators of the SIM farms were at least coordinating with nation-state threat actors to carry out their attacks."
Secret Service investigators dismantled a large SIM farm network in the New York Tri-state area comprising over 300 colocated SIM servers and more than 100,000 SIM cards within 35 miles of the UN headquarters. The facilities were capable of carrying out telecommunications attacks and had the potential to disable cell phone towers and shut down cellular networks in New York City. The SIM farms were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed at senior US government officials. Seized hardware is undergoing forensic examination, and early analysis indicates possible coordination between US operators and nation-state threat actors.
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