The Secret Service seized a network capable of shutting down New York City's cell service

Will Shanklin / engadget - The Secret Service says it thwarted a telecommunications cyber-op in New York City. On Tuesday, the agency announced that it seized a network of SIM servers. It was capable of jamming cell towers, conducting DDoS attacks and enabling encrypted communicati…

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www.wired.com/story/sim-fa... Feds find SIM farm operation in NYC. The network of some 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards—enough to knock out cell service in the NYC area. Government is warning it could have been used not just for crime, but large-scale d

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Wired had a good breakdown of WTF these are.... for people like me who didnt quite grasp what it was until I read the explainer... www.wired.com/story/sim-fa...

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