The National Security Agency has been plucking data from central servers of large U.S. Internet firms, according to reports, and mining the data for possible security threats. NSA
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According to The Guardian, a data-mining tool called the 'Boundless Informant,' shows the American agency collected nearly 3 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks over a 30-day period ending in March 2013.
America's National Security Agency has developed an accurate tool for documenting and examining where intelligence information comes from, The Guardian reported Saturday.
The British newspaper said it had obtained top-secret documents about the NSA data-mining tool, called Boundless Informant, that "details and even maps by country the voluminous amount of information it collects from computer and telephone networks."
This tool reportedly focuses on the classification of communication records, known as metadata, as opposed to Internet content or emails. According to The Guardian, the obtained documents reveal that the NSA collected "almost 3 billion pieces of intelligence from U.S. computer networks over a 30-day period ending in March 2013."
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WNU Editor: Pakistan is number two on the NSA's list.