Secret Service uncovers a plot to disrupt NYC’s telecoms, linked to China amid UN Assembly.
And just in time, as it turns out. The UN General Assembly will meet today and through this week, with Donald Trump scheduled to speak this morning. The alleged plot targeted the backbone of the telecommunications systems on which the Secret Service and law enforcement rely. In an extraordinary announcement made about an hour ago, the Secret Service revealed the existence of an extensive network of malicious devices, which have been dismantled.
So who’s responsible? A source that China is high up on the list of suspects:
Secret Service agents believe they have cracked a plot that could have crippled the telecommunications network — and law enforcement functions — in the nation’s largest city as more than 150 world leaders descend this week on New York, officials said on Tuesday.
«The potential for disruption to our country’s telecommunications posed by this network of devices cannot be overstated», Secret Service Director Sean Curran said in a statement.
Agents were first tipped off last spring, and officials believe the plot is connected to the Chinese government, according to one law enforcement source briefed on the probe.
CBS News has more details on the scope and breadth of the network, which aimed at taking down the cellular-network backbone:
In the largest seizure of its kind, the U.
