British spy agency taps fibre-optic cables, newspaper says

Friday, June 21, 2013 - 14:20 in Mathematics & Economics

Britain's spy agency GCHQ has tapped fibre-optic cables that carry international phone and internet traffic and is sharing vast quantities of personal information with the U.S. National Security Agency, the Guardian newspaper says.

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