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

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Does this mean people who aren't confident in the US government should do the opposite - enthusiastically accept 
business from shady customers who want to be near windows?

Remember, they could be foreign actors, or they could be our own government...


On 23 September 2025 18:46:24 CEST, Mel Beckman via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.>
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> -mel beckman
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