MUSCULAR: NSA compromised Yahoo and Google data centers

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/30/nsa-compromised-yahoo-and-google-data-centers/

NSA compromised Yahoo and Google data centers
By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 14:09 EDT

The US National Security Agency has tapped into key communications links from Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

The Post, citing documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with officials, said the program can collect data at will from hundreds of millions of user accounts, including from Americans.

The report said the program dubbed MUSCULAR, operated jointly with NSA’s British counterpart GCHQ, indicated that the agencies can intercept data flows from the fiber-optic cables used by the US Internet giants.

The Post report suggests this is a secret program that is unlike PRISM, which relies on court orders to obtain data from technology firms.

[bemildred]

1. I'll bet they are doing man-in-the-middle with DNS when they can too. nt

[Gordon Jenkins]

2. MUSCULAR Revelation by Snowden implicates Petra Cross, Google as CIA/NSA Spy by association

The disclosure by Snowden of the MUSCULAR Infiltration at Google implies that Petra Cross, a senior software engineer doing front end server and search engine work as well as front end server work on GMAIL is a CIA/NSA Spy for General Keith B. Alexander. Her credentials are exactly those of a CIA field operative. Edward Snowden, all but named her and made it easy to identify her, ironically, by using her very own Google Search Engine. Snowden must have some kind of grudge against her.

http://news.yahoo.com/senior-google-engineer-building-innovative-products-requires-team-060624239.html
http://petracross.squarespace.com/blog

[gopiscrap]

3. welcome to DU

[Gordon Jenkins]

4. Google Cloud Exploitation

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