U.S. Secret Service shuts down NYC cellular disruption network

[Mel Beckman via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

The U.S. Secret Service announced today that it dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the New 
York tristate area that were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. 
government officials, which represented an imminent threat to the agency’s protective operations.


The SS say they discovered more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites, and while 
the photo they provide shows gear set up in what looks like an apartment, it could be that interlopers have infiltrated 
actual Internet colo facilities.


As a colo operator, I’ve turned away more than a few sketchy potential customers due to their flakey stories requesting 
rooftop or window antenna locations. Be on the lookout.



https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2025/09/us-secret-service-dismantles-imminent-telecommunications-threat-new-york#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%20–%20The%20U.S.%20Secret,SIM%20cards%20across%20multiple%20sites.<https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2025/09/us-secret-service-dismantles-imminent-telecommunications-threat-new-york#:~:text=NEW%2520YORK%2520%E2%80%93%2520The%2520U.S.%2520Secret,SIM%2520cards%2520across%2520multiple%2520sites.>



 -mel beckman
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