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U.S. Secret Service Dismantles Massive SIM-Server Network Near UN, Averting NYC Communications Disruption

Officials say the seized SIM-box network threatened New York’s cellular service, including 911 access.

El Servicio Secreto de Estados Unidos desmanteló en Nueva York una red de más de 300 servidores y 100 mil tarjetas SIM.
Matt McCool, agente especial a cargo del Servicio Secreto de EE.UU., en el centro, observa transmisiones de videovigilancia en vivo en la oficina local de la agencia en Nueva York, en el distrito de Brooklyn, el lunes 22 de septiembre de 2025.
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New York Police Department (NYPD) officers near the United Nations headquarters in New York, US, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. The United Nations General Assembly, which opens Tuesday, brings more than 150 world leaders and their entourages into Midtown - a convergence that has been compared to hosting the Super Bowl every day for a week, across an entire neighborhood. Photographer: David Dee Delgado/Bloomberg

Overview

  • The operation recovered more than 300 SIM servers and over 100,000 SIM cards from sites within roughly 56 kilometers of UN headquarters.
  • Investigators say the system could disable cell towers, block emergency calls and blast up to 30 million text messages per minute.
  • The discovery grew from a broader probe into anonymous threats and swatting targeting senior U.S. officials, with the network located in August and taken offline.
  • Preliminary forensics point to possible use by state-linked actors communicating with criminal and terrorist networks, though attribution remains under investigation and no direct plot against the UN meeting has been found.
  • Multiple agencies, including the Secret Service, NYPD, DOJ, DHS and ODNI, are conducting a forensic review after seizing servers, SIMs and contraband such as cocaine, illegal firearms, computers and phones.