When the NSA spying scandal broke a few months ago , companies like Google, Yahoo, Apple, and Microsoft were found to be the main suppliers of data to the intelligence agency.
The companies were quick to deny the allegations, and some tried to present evidence that they were actually fighting to keep data from being handed over to the secret service.
Later, it was revealed, to everyone’s surprise, that the NSA had managed to gain access to the data centers of the above companies, through the fiber optic cables that connect the data centers.
According to a report in the New York Times, sources inside Google and Yahoo are now certain that the NSA came from the fiber optic cables that end up in their data centers. The cables are provided by companies such as Verizon, Vodafone, BT and Level 3 Communications. Suspicion falls on the latter, as both companies use connecting cables from it.
Level 3 Communications declined to answer questions directly, and when asked if it has granted access to the NSA, its official response was: we are a law-abiding company. “Our policy is to comply with the laws of every country in which we operate, and we provide access to government agencies only when we are required to do so by the laws of the country where the data is located.”
So the conclusion is… probably yours.
