The U.S. Secret Service says it dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the tri-state area that were being used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials. The agency says it represented an imminent threat to its protective operations. This protective intelligence investigation led to the discovery of more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites, federal officials said. This includes disabling cell phone towers, enabling denial of services attacks and facilitating anonymous, encrypted communication between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises. U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran said in a statement that the potential disruption posed by the device network "cannot be overstated."