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On Tuesday, the US Secret Service announced it had dismantled a network of “100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites” in the New York tristate area. 

The SIM cards were packed into more than 300 SIM servers located at different sites. Secret Service uncovered the network “following multiple telecommunications-related imminent threats directed toward senior US government officials this spring,” the agency said in a video. This included “fraudulent calls.”

CNN reports the calls involved “swatting threats” against US lawmakers, causing police to send SWAT teams to respond to fake hostage or shooting situations. The swatting calls also targeted lawmakers outside of New York, including Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott and US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. 

The network could also be used to disable cell towers, “enabling denial of services attacks and facilitating anonymous, encrypted communication between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises,” the agency adds. 

The Secret Service also noted the SIM servers were “concentrated within 35 miles of the global meeting of the United Nations General Assembly now underway in New York City,” suggesting a rogue network could have also posed a threat to international relations.

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