Documents: U.S. Intelligence Mining Data From Nine U.S. Internet Companies In Broad Secret Program -- Washington Post
The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs that enable analysts to track one target or trace a whole network of associates, according to a top-secret document obtained by The Washington Post.
The program, code-named PRISM, has not been made public until now. It may be the first of its kind. The NSA prides itself on stealing secrets and breaking codes, and it is accustomed to corporate partnerships that help it divert data traffic or sidestep barriers. But there has never been a Google or Facebook before, and it is unlikely that there are richer troves of valuable intelligence than the ones in Silicon Valley.
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Intelligence officials reportedly mining data from 9 US Internet companies -- FOX News
Bombshell Report: NSA and FBI 'Tapping Directly' Into Tech Companies' Servers -- The Atlantic
NSA Reportedly Mines Servers Of U.S. Internet Firms For Data -- NPR
US Secretly Mines Data From Internet Companies - Reports -- CNBC
Reports: U.S. spy agencies mined Internet data -- CNN
NSA Is Wired Into Top Internet Companies’ Servers, Including Google and Facebook -- Threat Level/Wired
US harvesting data from Facebook, Google and other internet giants -- The Telegraph
NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data, secret files reveal -- The Guardian
The Government Is Also Spying on Your Internet Activity With a Secret Program -- New York Magazine
Report: NSA, FBI mining data from 9 US Internet companies -- The Hill
New Report Says NSA Is Surveilling Google, Microsoft, Skype, and Others -- Mother Jones
Report: NSA, FBI accessing sites, emails -- Politico
NSA has backdoor access to Internet companies' databases -- CNet
Report: NSA PRISM program spied on Americans' emails, searches -- PC World
Report: NSA, FBI collecting content from Google, Facebook, other services -- PC World
FBI, NSA said to be secretly mining data from nine U.S. tech giants -- ZDNet
PRISM scandal: tech giants flatly deny allowing NSA direct access to servers -- The Guardian
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook deny providing direct access to PRISM surveillance program -- The Verge
Apple denies giving government 'direct access' to servers -- Reuters
Facebook Denies Giving NSA Direct Access To Its Servers; Microsoft Says It Only Turns Over Info For 'Specific Accounts' -- Forbes
NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program -- Washington Post