CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen reportedly said Wednesday at the annual Intelligence Summit that the agency helped thwart a terrorist plot against a Taylor Swift concert.

Speaking at the summit outside Washington, DC, Cohen praised US intelligence agencies for playing a key role in thwarting the terror plot which forced Swift to cancel three shows on her Vienna Era tour. The New York Times (The New York Times) According to the deputy director, the department has reportedly submitted information on four individuals with suspected ties to ISIS who were involved in the plot.

“They were plotting to kill huge numbers of people, tens of thousands of people, at this concert, including many Americans,” Cohen said, according to the outlet.

According to The New York Times, Cohen detailed the CIA's involvement in taking down an alleged ISIS-inspired terror plot, and reportedly claimed the agency provided Austrian authorities with intelligence that helped thwart the plot.

“The Austrian authorities were able to make the arrest because our own authorities and our intelligence partners provided them with information about what this ISIS-linked group was planning,” Cohen was quoted as saying.

According to the media report, Cohen did not provide details about how the CIA learned about the plot.

MUNICH, GERMANY – JULY 27: FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO BOOK COVERS. Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at the Olympiastadion on July 27, 2024 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Niedermuller/TAS24/Getty Images via TAS Rights Management)

“I can assure you there were people in my department and in other departments who thought it was a really good day at Langley,” he said, referring to CIA headquarters, according to The New York Times, “and it's not just the Swifties at work.”

Austrian authorities subsequently arrested several people in connection with plotting to attack the concert, including one man allegedly in possession of bomb-making materials, the media reported.

Swift broke her silence on the plot allegations a few weeks after canceling her tour dates, saying she couldn't speak about the matter as the situation unfolded because she didn't want to risk interfering in any way with the investigation.

“I'm so grateful to the authorities because they saved us all from mourning a concert and not lives,” Swift said. (Related article: Taylor Swift breaks silence on thwarting terror plot at concert)

According to The New York Times, Swift's Vienna concert was expected to draw a crowd of 200,000.