The Secret Service says it has uncovered what it’s calling “a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York Tri-state area that were used to conduct multiple telecommuni…

The Secret Service says it has uncovered what it’s calling “a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York Tri-state area that were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials.”

    • Hegar@fedia.io
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      8 days ago

      Best read the article before trashing it:

      suspect they stumbled into some mob-connected scam ring or textbot farm, and are over-hyping this for dramatic effect. … While this all sounds scary, it seems extremely unlikely that this collection of 100,000 SIM cards in use over this broad of an area [35 miles] could have ever meaningfully impacted cellular communications in New York City, which sees between nine and twelve million cellular users every day.