SecurityScorecard CISO Steve Cobb on CBS: Secret Service Takes Down SIM Farm Threat Near UNGA

U.S. Secret Service dismantled a large SIM farm across five abandoned apartments near New York City prior to the UN General Assembly; agents seized 300 SIM servers, over 100,000 active SIM cards, and infrastructure capable of sending an estimated 30 million text messages per minute. Authorities warned the setup could have flooded cell towers and impeded 9-1-1 and first-responder communications during a mass-incident, highlighting telecom infrastructure as a target and the need for sector-specific security monitoring.