Plot foiled to take down New York City cell phone grid

In the shadow of a global gathering of world leaders at the United Nations tonight, a major risk to an essential lifeline disrupted. Federal officials say a cache of electronics they seized with ties to unnamed foreign actors could have crippled cell service in the nation's largest city, jamming 911 calls, impeding emergency services response, and causing massive chaos. This network had the potential to disable cell phone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in New York City.>> The US Secre ...