In the 2010 "aurora" attacks, it was Google's "lawful intercept" systems that were targeted by the attackers. Microsoft just recently revealed that it was the

In the 2010 "aurora" attacks, it was Google's "lawful intercept" systems that were targeted by the attackers. Microsoft just recently revealed that it was the same in their case (http://www.cio.com/article/732122/_Aurora_Cyber_Attackers_Were_Really_Running_Counter_Intelligence http://www.cio.com/article/732122/_Aurora_Cyber_Attackers_We...). The original CALEA has had serious ramifications for security world-wide: telecommunications equipment manufactured for compliance with the US market gets shipped everywhere, enabling smooth surveillance for countries like Iran and Egypt. It also becomes a major vulnerability vector, the most public case being the Greek wiretapping affair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_wiretapping_case_2004%E2%80%932005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_wiretapping_case_2004%E2...). It's interesting that the government is floating this with a straight face at the same time that they're seriously debating a nominal "cyber security" bill.