The U.S. Secret Service announced on Tuesday that the agency dismantled an “imminent telecommunications threat” near the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City. McCool confirmed that the electronic devices were concentrated within 35 miles of this week’s United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City. “This network had the potential to disable cellphone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in New York City,” Matt McCool warned. READ MORE: Secret Service sniper team understaffed, watchdog warnsThe Secret Service’s press release noted that the electronic devices recovered by the agency were capable of carrying out a “wide range of telecommunications attacks,” including the disabling of cell phone towers, providing encrypted communications between criminal organizations and potential threat actors, and enabling denial of services attacks. “While forensic examination of these devices is ongoing, early analysis indicates cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement,” the Secret Service stated.