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America 24 posted an update
In a high-stakes operation during the United Nations General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service’s Advanced Threat Interdiction Unit dismantled a menacing network of over 300 SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards across the New York tristate area, mere miles from the global summit. These devices, designed for anonymous terror, enabled untraceable threats against senior U.S. officials and posed a severe risk of telecommunications sabotage through denial-of-service attacks and encrypted criminal communications. Through relentless protective intelligence and collaboration with Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the NYPD, the Secret Service raided multiple sites, neutralizing the threat before it could disrupt the assembly or cripple the region’s mobile networks. Forensic evidence linked these tools to federal watchlist figures, hinting at nation-state orchestration, with Director Sean Curran emphasizing the network’s potential to destabilize critical infrastructure.
The operation exposes a chilling future where cyber attacks become as routine as daily commutes, driven by backdoors embedded in Chinese-manufactured devices like computers, phones, and security cameras. These vulnerabilities—subtle flaws in hardware and firmware—are not oversights but deliberate gateways for state-sponsored actors to exploit, turning everyday gadgets into tools for espionage or chaos. With China and Israel dominating global supply technology chains, each imported device is a potential weapon, primed for coordinated assaults that could dwarf today’s threats. The Secret Service’s preemptive strike stands as a defiant bulwark, but the tone is unmistakably grim: cyber sieges will surge, fueled by these pervasive backdoors, eroding trust in the technology we rely on daily.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdVmp1gwyZo
