"In total, law enforcement discovered 300 SIM servers - over 100,000 SIM cards - enabling encrypted, anonymous communication and capable of sending 30 million text messages per minute. Officials say the servers were so powerful they could have disabled cell phone towers and launched distributed denial of services attacks with the ability to block emergency communications like EMS and police dispatch."
""This network had the potential to disable cell phone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in New York City," U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Matt McCool said in a video released by the agency. An official briefed on the investigation told reporters that this week, the sophisticated network "could text message the entire country within 12 minutes," later adding, "This was well organized and well funded.""
The Secret Service disrupted a sprawling telecommunications network in the New York tri-state area that posed a serious risk to local telecom systems and to United Nations General Assembly meetings. Agents found active SIM farms operating in abandoned apartment buildings at more than five sites. Law enforcement seized 300 SIM servers and over 100,000 SIM cards enabling encrypted, anonymous communications and the capacity to send 30 million text messages per minute. Officials warned the servers could disable cell towers and launch distributed denial-of-service attacks capable of blocking emergency communications such as EMS and police dispatch. Investigators described the network as sophisticated, well organized, and well funded.
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