US taps links to Google, Yahoo data centres: report

October 31, 2013 01:56

The US National Security Agency has tapped into key communications links from Yahoo and Google data centres around the world, a media report said today.

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

The report said the programme 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.

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