U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly

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7. Reuters has further details.

US authorities seize illicit electronics in New York area during UN General Assembly

NEW YORK, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service dismantled a network of sophisticated electronic devices in the New York area that had been used to threaten U.S. government officials, the agency said hours before President Donald Trump was due to address foreign leaders gathered at the U.N. General Assembly.

The devices were concentrated within 35 miles (56 km) of the global meeting of the 193-member assembly, the Secret Service said in a statement.

"Early analysis indicates cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement," it said.

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The tri-state area where the network was located includes New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. [Matt McCool, special agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in New York] said the Secret Service began its investigation in the spring and worked with other federal and local agencies to track down the devices.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-authorities-seize-illicit-electronics-new-york-area-during-un-general-2025-09-23/