Latest NSA Leak: The NSA Hacked Into The Data Flow Between Google And Yahoo Servers (Updated)

In this slide from a National Security Agency presentation on “Google Cloud Exploitation,” a sketch shows where the “Public Internet” meets the internal “Google Cloud” where user data resides. Two engineers with close ties to Google exploded in profanity when they saw the drawing. Washington Post

Report: NSA Muscles In On Google, Yahoo Data -- USA Today

Program called MUSCULAR collects vast amounts of information, beyond previously disclosed program known as PRISM.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The National Security Agency secretly collects information that flows between the data centers of technology giants Yahoo and Google, the Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing documents from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with knowledgeable officials.

Google's chief legal officer expressed outrage after the news and said the company does not give any government access to its systems.

The NSA does this mainly through a project called MUSCULAR, which it operates with the agency's British counterpart, GCHQ. From undisclosed interception points, the agencies copy entire data flows across fiber-optic cables that carry information between the data centers of Yahoo and Google, the newspaper said.

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U.S. security agency intercepts Google, Yahoo traffic overseas - report -- Reuters
Report: NSA secretly infiltrated Google, Yahoo! internal data links -- UPI
Snowden leaks: NSA 'hacked Google and Yahoo data links' -- BBC
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WNU Editor: The documents being leaked are the following .... How the NSA's MUSCULAR program collects too much data from Yahoo and Google -- Washington Post