The US Secret Service said Tuesday it had dismantled a network of electronic devices that could have crashed New York's telecommunications network in an attack ahead of the UN General Assembly.
The protective agency did not say who was responsible for the sophisticated material but linked it to "nation-state" actors and "individuals that are known to federal law enforcement."
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