Secret Service disrupts ‘telecommunications menace’ close to UN General Assembly

The U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday that it “dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York tristate area that were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials.”

The devices were concentrated within 35 miles of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City, it added.

The Secret Service released a photo of the devices the agency said were concentrated within 35 miles of the global meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. (U.S. Secret Service)

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