Un total de 300 serveurs et de 100 000 cartes SIM… Un réseau capable de paralyser les télécommunications à New York (États-Unis) a été démantelé avant l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU (Organisation des Nations unies), ont annoncé ce mardi les autorités américaines.
00:00The investigation led us to the New York tri-state area, where investigators discovered tens of thousands of co-located and networked cellular devices capable of carrying out nefarious telecommunications attacks.
00:12These devices allowed anonymous encrypted communications between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises, enabling criminal organizations to operate undetected.
00:23This network had the potential to disable cell phone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in New York City.
00:30These devices were concentrated within 35 miles of the global meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, now underway in New York City.
00:39Given the timing, location, and proximity, and potential for significant disruptions to the New York telecom system, we moved quickly to disrupt this network.
00:48Forensic examinations of the equivalent of 100,000 cell phones worth of data is underway.
00:55Early analysis indicates cellular communications between foreign actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement.
01:02To be clear, these recovered devices no longer pose a threat to the New York tri-state area.
01:07We will continue working towards identifying those responsible and their intent, including whether their plan was to disrupt the U.N. General Assembly and communications of government and emergency personnel during the official visit of world leaders in and around New York City.
01:22This is an open and active investigation, and we have no arrests to announce today.
01:28We are making this announcement as a matter of public interest given timing, amount, and concentration of material recovered during a recent Secret Service Protective Intelligence investigation.
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