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GCHQ has done some appalling stuff, but the Google network penetration was done by the NSA.
by dhoulb 13y ago
GCHQ has done some appalling stuff, but the Google network penetration was done by the NSA.
- Shooti 13y agoYou're both right, its a collaboration between the two: >For the MUSCULAR project, the GCHQ directs all intake into a “buffer” that can hold three to five days of traffic before recycling storage space. From the buffer, custom-built NSA tools unpack and decode the special data formats that the two companies use inside their clouds. Then the data are sent through a series of filters to “select” information the NSA wants and “defeat” what it does not. http://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 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-in...