Up until late 2013, the connection between Google data centers were all in plaintext, which allowed State sponsored attackers to acquire pretty much every piece

Up until late 2013, the connection between Google data centers were all in plaintext, which allowed State sponsored attackers to acquire pretty much every piece of data that Google had. Source codes, customer data, internal data, everything. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_story.html?utm_term=.82060966cf58 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-i... [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/google-responding-to-edward-snowdens-leaks-challenges-gag-order-on-nsa/2013/06/19/e6bdea0a-d8ef-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html?utm_term=.0fb65d151bbe https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/googl...