SS foils 'telecommunications threat' near UN General Assembly in New York

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McCool told The Associated Press that the investigation found that, "definitely nation state, foreign governments [were] communicating over that network to known criminals in the United States, and known organized crime, known cartels, and terrorist groups were using this network to run their communications anonymously and encrypted."

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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 ongoing United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.

"This network had the potential to disable cellphone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in New York City," Matt McCool, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service's New York field office, said in a video released Tuesday.

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