MUSCULAR

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MUSCULAR is a formerly secret joint NSA–GCHQ surveillance program that tapped into private data links between major tech companies’ data centers to collect large volumes of user information.

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instanceOf signals intelligence operation ⓘ
surveillance program ⓘ
abbreviation DS-200B ⓘ
alsoKnownAs DS-200B ⓘ
associatedAgency Central Security Service ⓘ
UK Ministry of Defence ⓘ
classification formerly secret ⓘ
codename MUSCULAR ⓘ
collectionPoint international data links ⓘ
links between data centers outside the United States ⓘ
collects content data ⓘ
metadata ⓘ
user information ⓘ
controversy warrantless collection of data from private networks ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
dataProcessingLocation GCHQ facilities ⓘ
NSA data centers ⓘ
disclosedBy The Washington Post ⓘ
linked to: Washington Post
disclosedIn 2013 ⓘ
field signals intelligence ⓘ
impact privacy concerns for users of major tech companies ⓘ
tension between tech companies and intelligence agencies ⓘ
jurisdictionFocus foreign communications ⓘ
leakedBy Edward Snowden ⓘ
ledTo increased encryption of data center links by tech companies ⓘ
legalBasis Executive Order 12333 ⓘ
method tapping private data links between data centers ⓘ
operator Government Communications Headquarters ⓘ
National Security Agency ⓘ
oversight limited judicial oversight ⓘ
purpose mass data collection ⓘ
signals intelligence collection ⓘ
relatedTo PRISM ⓘ
Upstream collection programs ⓘ
responseFrom Google ⓘ
Yahoo ⓘ
scale large volumes of data ⓘ
status exposed ⓘ
subjectOf debates on government surveillance and privacy ⓘ
news reports on mass surveillance ⓘ
target Google data center links ⓘ
Yahoo data center links ⓘ
private data links between major tech companies’ data centers ⓘ
technologyUsed fiber-optic cable interception ⓘ
typeOfAccess upstream collection ⓘ

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