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Documents obtained from Edward Snowden, the US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor-turned whistleblower, show that communication links connecting Yahoo and Google data centers around the world have been penetrated. Instead of directly targeting servers, the NSA intercepted data as it flowed through fiber optic cables and other network equipment connecting the two companies’ data centers. The data harnessed, which included metadata, text, audio and video, were sifted by a program called Muscular, jointly operated with the British Government Communications Headquarters. The NSA obtained access to Google and Yahoo user accounts via a court-approved program known as Prism. Both Google and Yahoo said they have not provided government agencies access to their systems.
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