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The Secret Service discovered a cache of 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers in New York, capable of crashing cell networks amid the UN General Assembly.

Initial analysis of the data on some of the SIM cards has identified ties to at least one foreign nation.

Officials said the anonymous communications network could interfere with emergency response services and could be used to conduct encrypted communication. One official said the network was capable of sending 30 million text messages per minute.

The U.S. Secret Service has announced that, following a monthlong investigation, it has carried out an operation which resulted in the dismantling of a network consisting of more than 300 SIM Servers and 100,000 SIM Cards at multiple sites across New York and New York City, all within a 35-mile radius of this week’s United Nations General Assembly.

According to officials, the network could interfere with emergency response services, conduct encrypted communication, jam cellular networks in New York, as well as disrupt official communication from and eavesdrop on the U.N. General Assembly, capable of sending over thirty-million text messages per minute, anonymously. The official said the agency had never before seen such an extensive operation.

The Secret Service believes that the scale of the equipment discovered suggests the network could be part of a nation’s surveillance operation, with initial analysis of the data on some of the SIM Cards having identified ties to at least one foreign nation, as well as links to criminals, including the members of Cartels, already known to be operating in the United States. Cybersecurity experts have stated that only a handful of countries could pull off such an operation, including Russia, China and Israel.

Federal agents have uncovered multiple sites and hardware linked to a China-backed network capable of crippling cell towers, disrupting communications, and blocking 911 calls across New York City (and many other cities).

Evidence indicates this system was constructed and coordinated by actors tied to the CCP.

The operation was built precisely and intended to paralyze civilian infrastructure and sow confusion in a crisis. The simplicity of the hardware means similar systems could be replicated or already positioned in other regions of the United States.

The question every American should be asking right now:

How many more of these are already hidden in other cities?

Who is mapping, monitoring, and neutralizing them?

When will our leaders call this what it is; an ACT OF WAR and respond accordingly?

This cannot be dismissed or minimized. A proper response is required. Might be nothing but a phone call or something more substantial.

The United States must identify, expose, and dismantle every such network before activation.

The integrity of our national communications and civilian safety depends on it.

Take it seriously. It is not a one off. It is the 2nd one discovered and it is very serious.

Suurbritannia prokuratuur süüdistas kahte meest Hiina heaks luuramises, kuid loobus septembris süüdistusest. Briti meedias levisid väited, et valitsus sekkus kohtuasja, kuid Downing Streeti büroo lükkas esmaspäeval need väited tagasi.

Christopher Cash, endine Briti parlamendi töötaja, pidi sel kuul koos sõbra Christopher Berryga kohtu alla minema. Võimud kahtlustasid neid Hiina heaks luuramises. Mõlemad mehed eitasid nende vastu esitatud süüdistusi.

Sunday Times ja Telegraph kirjutasid möödunud nädalavahetusel, et kohtuprotsess kukkus osaliselt läbi, kuna Briti valitsus keeldus julgeolekuametniku tunnistajate ütlustes Hiinat "vaenlasena" kirjeldamast.

Peaministri büroo pressiesindaja aga eitas neid väited ja ütles, et valitsuse liikmed ei mänginud viimases otsustusprotsessis mingit rolli.

Sunday Times väitis, et peaministri riikliku julgeoleku nõunik Jonathan Powell juhatas möödunud kuul toimunud kohtumist. Väidetavalt ütles ta toona ametnikele, et valitsuse tõendid tuginevad hiljuti avaldatud riiklikule julgeolekustrateegiale. Selles strateegias ei nimetata Hiinat vaenlaseks vaid pigem geopoliitiliseks väljakutseks.

Cashi ja Berryt kahtlustati 1911. aasta riigisaladuste seaduse rikkumises. Seal on kirjas, et inimene on süüdi luuramises, kui ta edastab informatsiooni, mis on otseselt või kaudselt kasulik vaenlasele.

Peaministri pressiesindaja aga ütles esmaspäeval, et valitsuse tõendid ei saanud tugineda 2025. aasta riiklikule julgeolekustrateegiale. Tõendid oleksid pidanud olema kooskõlas tooride aegse poliitikaga, kuna väidetavad kuriteod toimusid aastatel 2021-2023.

"Väited, et valitsus varjas tõendeid, kutsus tunnistajaid tagasi või piiras tunnistajate võimet tugineda teatud tõenditele, on kõik valed," rääkis peaministri pressiesindaja.

Prokuratuur teatas juhtumi lõpetamise ajal, et süüdistusest loobumise otsusele ei avaldatud väljastpoolt survet.

Briti julgeolekuminister Dan Jarvis ütles, et on äärmiselt pettunud, et kohtuprotsessi ei toimu. Tema sõnul on valitsus jätkuvalt tõsiselt mures Hiina spionaažiohu pärast.

Toimetaja: Karl Kivil

Allikas: Politico