Overview
- Homeland Security Investigations found an additional 200,000 SIM cards in New Jersey, lifting the total seized across the tri-state probe to roughly 300,000 plus hundreds of servers.
- The Secret Service dismantled SIM-server sites in and around New York that officials say could send up to 30 million texts per minute and potentially disrupt cell towers and 911 service.
- Authorities say the operation is China-linked, and early forensics indicate the network facilitated communications involving foreign governments and known organized crime groups.
- Investigators say many devices had not yet been activated, suggesting plans to expand the system’s capacity beyond the already vast infrastructure recovered.
- No arrests have been announced, and agents are combing data on each SIM as part of a continuing effort to trace renters, operators and potential connected networks.