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NSA Freely Accesses Data Between Yahoo, Google
- Washington Post, Thursday, October 31, 2013 2:31 PM
The National Security Agency secretly broke into the main communications links connecting Yahoo and Google data centers worldwide, according to The Washington Post, which cites documents from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with knowledgeable officials. The ability to infiltrate the systems proves the weakness of links and the inability for companies to keep data private as data moves seamlessly around the globe.
