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The U.S. National Security Agency ( NSA ) has been intercepting communications known users of Google and Yahoo . The news of the leaked dikuak former NSA contractor , Edward Snowden .
Responded to the leak , the giant technology companies busy to expressly denied when accused of facilitating the intelligence agencies get access customer data . Google and friends has made a counter asking where NSA can tap into their data .
Reported by the New York Times , Wednesday, November 27, 2013 , rumors surfaced that said the NSA intercepted information by exploiting weak gap technology companies . The fissure is a fiber optic cable that connects data centers around the world .
Three sources familiar with Google and Yahoo said the system , does the company provide super security technology in their data centers , but in between their data centers , the information is not encrypted , and it facilitates the NSA mengintersepsi data.
Unfortunately, it was not willing to three sources disclosed his identity . The three of them just want to expose the NSA mode on condition of anonymity .
"Everyone is so focused on the NSA who secretly gain access to the front door ( front door ) . Assumption the impossible through the back door and tapped company data through the back door , " said Kevin Werbach , a professor at the Wharton School .
In order to connect the data center , technology companies hire high-capacity fiber optic cable fiber optic world made by providers such as Verizon , BT Group , Vodafone Group and Level 3 Communications .
Well , Google and Yahoo are known to use optical fiber cables made by Level 3 Communications .
The source said , NSA intercepted information technology company owned by seeping into the fiber optic pipe Level 3 Communications .
Hacking a man-in - the-middle ( MITM ) attacks that exploit weaknesses of the Internet Protocol , is not new to the NSA . Therefore , the pattern of this attack has been applied to a variety of data transmission lines such as the telegraph to the Internet . This has been used for decades , starting 1960 to 2002 .
Level 3 Communications has the ability to collect traffic data in a very large number , exceeding Verizon and AT & T in the U.S. . Even if the two carriers merged giant still could not beat the Level 3 Communications data traffic .
Imagine , Level 3 Communications network infrastructure supports 200 data centers in the U.S. , more than 100 data centers in Europe , and 14 data centers in Latin America .
However , in a statement , Level 3 Communications is not directly acknowledge the NSA has facilitated access to user data . The company is headquartered in suburban Denver , said compliance with the legislation in which it operates .
" We comply with the legislation . And government agencies to provide access to the customer data , it is done only because of reserved , " said Level 3 Communications .
Security experts say regardless of the presence or absence of involvement of Level 3 , the NSA has recently made it clear if Internet companies do not want to give up any data , the NSA can collect user data through the network downstream .
In the end it technology companies and network providers to operators should be subject to state regulation . Verizon admitted after 20 years , revealed the government was forced to meet the demand on the grounds under the same regulations .
" If the Justice Department appeared at the door , you have to stick with it , " said Lowell C. McAdam , Verizon's chief executive .
" We have been shackled and can not defend himself . We were just told that they do this to each operator , " he said .
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