00:00Forensic examinations of the equivalent of 100,000 cell phones worth of data is underway.
00:06Early analysis indicates cellular communications between foreign actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement.
00:13We 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.
00:23Following multiple telecommunications-related imminent threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials this spring,
00:31the U.S. Secret Service began a Protective Intelligence investigation to determine the extent and impact these threats could have on protective operations.
00:39This was a difficult and complex effort to identify the source of these fraudulent calls and the impact on the Secret Service Protective Mission.
00:46To be clear, these recovered devices no longer pose a threat to the New York Tri-State area.
00:53We will continue working towards identifying those responsible and their intent,
00:58including whether their plan was to disrupt the U.N. General Assembly and communications of government and emergency personnel
01:04during the official visit of world leaders in and around New York City.
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