Secret Service Foils Massive Plot to Disrupt NYC/UN

[FlyersFan]

This is really interesting .. 

Just in time for Trumps visit/speech at the United Nations.
Massive plot to disrupt NYC and UN cell network uncovered.
Officials say if this had fully taken effect, it would have been 
worse than the cell/communications blackouts of 9/11.
It is unclear who or what is behind this plot, which was in
last stages to engage.
Organized crime, foreign interests, terrorists, cartels, political oppositions ... ???

NY Post - Secret Service Foils Plot to Disrupt NYC Cell Network, Threatens UN Meeting

A massive illegal electronic device network capable of crippling cell towers and jamming 911 calls across New York City was uncovered by the Secret Service — just as world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the UN General Assembly, officials said Tuesday.

 
Investigators discovered the trove of devices — including more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards – at multiple locations within 35 miles of the United Nations.

 
“The potential for disruption to our country’s telecommunications posed by this network of devices cannot be overstated,” Secret Service Director Sean Curran said.


Officials warned the devices had the capability of carrying out a wide-range of telecommunications attacks — including spamming networks with up to 30 million text messages a minute — that could have had “catastrophic” consequences for the city.

[Martin75]

I don't think this is in any way related to today's visit to the UN.  It sounds like it has been linked to multiple different types of crimes.  Are the mob and gangs branching out?  I would love to hear more but sadly this is one of those cases that usually disappears quietly in the night 

It wasn’t immediately clear exactly when the cache of hidden devices was seized.  
The hidden network was found as part of a sweeping Secret Service probe that kicked off in the spring following telecommunications-related threats targeting senior US government officials, according to investigators.
When agents ultimately raided the locations, they uncovered rows of servers and shelves stacked with SIM cards – including more than 100,000 that had already been activated, as well as a large number still waiting to be deployed, McCool said.


 
Investigators are still probing who is responsible but believe perps from certain countries used the system to send encrypted messages to organized crime groups, cartels and terrorist organizations.
Forensic analysis is still in its early stages, McCool said.

[putnam6]

This is really interesting .. 

Just in time for Trumps visit/speech at the United Nations.
Massive plot to disrupt NYC and UN cell network uncovered.
Officials say if this had fully taken effect, it would have been 
worse than the cell/communications blackouts of 9/11.
It is unclear who or what is behind this plot, which was in
last stages to engage.
Organized crime, foreign interests, terrorists, cartels, political oppositions ... ???

NY Post - Secret Service Foils Plot to Disrupt NYC Cell Network, Threatens UN Meeting

Hmmm a dry run is my first thought...

I did see Trump saying his teleprompter wasn't working...

[IDELB2006]

Organized crime, foreign interests, terrorists, cartels, political oppositions ... ???

Your guess is as good as theres.

They start with:

It can take down cell towers, so then no longer can people communicate, right? …. You can’t text message, you can’t use your cell phone. And if you coupled that with some sort of other event associated with UNGA, you know, use your imagination there, it could be catastrophic to the city,” Matt McCool, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s New York field office, said.

And then go to:

However, law enforcement sources said that similar operations had been uncovered in California and the Midwest in recent weeks. 
The sources said that the investigation is ongoing but they appeared to be linked to spam calls, but also could have a more benign purpose like acting as a proxy for international calling cards. 

Such a wide range of speculation shows they don't  know what they found. 

Then we get to the last paragraph

“We need to do forensics on 100,000 cell phones, essentially all the phone calls, all the text messages, anything to do with communications, see where those numbers end up,” he said.

This makes me wonder if it is already time to renew the patriot act?

[Halfswede]

CCP.  Simple as.

[RichardHurt]

Your guess is as good as theres.

They start with:

And then go to:

Such a wide range of speculation shows they don't  know what they found. 

Then we get to the last paragraph

This makes me wonder if it is already time to renew the patriot act?

I'm not saying this is all being orchestrated.
But...

[UltraBudgie]

CCP.  Simple as.

Or Russia! Putin said today he's open to peace (whatever that means), so if things follow pattern he'll bomb someplace new and the US will accuse Russia of a potential cyberattack.

[RichardHurt]

Or Russia! Putin said today he's open to peace (whatever that means), so if things follow pattern he'll bomb someplace new and the US will accuse Russia of a potential cyberattack.

I think a few drones may have some misguided guidance issues soon.

[Mantiss2021]

Authorities are pointing a finger at China, although that may be premature.

My question is, if this operation has been in operation long enough to have amassed such a large, sophisticated, and multi-pronged potential attack....

Where the heck was the "new, better" FBI? Sounds like Director Patel "crashed out" on this one.

[DBCowboy]

This is really interesting .. 

Just in time for Trumps visit/speech at the United Nations.
Massive plot to disrupt NYC and UN cell network uncovered.
Officials say if this had fully taken effect, it would have been 
worse than the cell/communications blackouts of 9/11.
It is unclear who or what is behind this plot, which was in
last stages to engage.
Organized crime, foreign interests, terrorists, cartels, political oppositions ... ???

NY Post - Secret Service Foils Plot to Disrupt NYC Cell Network, Threatens UN Meeting

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