(Updated: Nov 26, 2013)
Recently, some novel NSA powerpoint presentations were published which advert communication intercept facilities amongst designators similar DS-200, DS-200B, DS-300 as well as DS-800.
These don't jibe the regular format for such SIGINT Activity Designators (SIGADs), every bit they unremarkably laid out amongst 2 letters indicating 1 of the UKUSA or Five Eyes-countries: US for the United States, UK for the United Kingdom, CA for Canada, AU for Commonwealth of Australia as well as NZ for New Zealand.
Initially, the Washington Post wrote that DS referred to NSA's Australian counterpart, the Defence Signals Directorate, in all likelihood because of its abbreviation DSD, although this means was of late renamed to Australian Signals Directorate or ASD. Later the Post corrected this as well as similar a shot says DS refers to the British signals news means GCHQ.
DS-200B: MUSCULAR
But there's some other lead. In the 3rd slide of a presentation close SSO Collection Optimization, which was published yesteryear the Washington, nosotros encounter that the collection facility designated DS-200B is codenamed MUSCULAR.
This codename was mentioned before inwards a document amongst Frequently Asked Questions (pdf) close the BOUNDLESSINFORMANT tool. On page 2 it reads:
"Only metadata records that are sent dorsum to NSA-W through FASCIA or FALLOUT are counted. Therefore, programs amongst a distributed information distribution scheme (e.g. MUSCULAR as well as Terrestrial RF) are non currently counted."
The commencement judgement is close information sent dorsum to the NSA headquarters inwards the Washington-area (NSA-W) through FASCIA or FALLOUT, which are ingest processors for telephone as well as meshwork metadata respectively.
In the minute judgement nosotros encounter MUSCULAR mentioned every bit an instance of programs amongst a "distributed information distribution system". Another instance is the interception of Terrestrial RF (Radio Frequency), which are communications through microwave radio relay systems.
Presently, it's non clear what the "distributed information distribution system" mightiness be, but for similar a shot it's interesting that this description could rattling good jibe the abbreviation DS.
H5N1 SIGAD similar DS-200 mightiness hence correspond a particular (Distributed Data) Distribution System, non related or jump to a specific country, similar the regular SIGADs starting amongst the province codes.
As "data distribution" is a way to depict how files are stored inwards data clouds, it's in all likelihood a skillful jurist that also inwards this case, the "distributed information distribution system" may refer to 1 or to a greater extent than NSA information clouds. This could also explicate the fact that the SIGADs starting amongst DS don't jibe the province code scheme, this because the information cloud mightiness endure a repository shared yesteryear all 5 UKUSA partners.
DS-200: GCHQ Special Source collection
On Oct 30, the Washington Post provided to a greater extent than details close the MUSCULAR program, amongst a said it's probable that the fiber-optic cables that connect the information centers are owned yesteryear companies similar Verizon Communications, the BT Group, the Vodafone Group as well as particularly Level three Communications, beingness the world’s largest meshwork backbone provider. As was revealed earlier, GCHQ has surveillance arrangements amongst each of these companies.
More specific, the MUSCULAR "distributed information distribution system" is far bigger program, collecting over xiv billion metadata records, which is 77 times every bit much every bit MUSCULAR!
Both MUSCULAR as well as INCENSER are purpose of WINDSTOP. According to the Washington Post, this is an umbrella plan for at to the lowest degree 4 collection systems which are jointly operated yesteryear NSA as well as 1 or to a greater extent than s Parties (2P) - the signals news agencies of Britain, Canada, Commonwealth of Australia as well as New Zealand.
DS-800
Some to a greater extent than information abouth the SIGAD DS-800 tin endure constitute inwards a slide that was shown inwards a written report yesteryear the Brazilian telly magazine Fantastico from Oct 6, 2013. It reveals how the Canadian signals news means CSEC mapped the communications infrastructure of the Brazilian Ministry of Mines as well as Energy.
For that effort, CSEC used OLYMPIA, as well as a presentation close that tool shows step-by-step how all the ministry’s telephone as well as estimator communications were mapped:
Reconstruction of a slide showing the interception of the
communications of the Brazilian Ministry of Mines as well as Energy
(click for a bigger version!)
In this slide nosotros tin encounter that DS-800 collects both telephony (DNR) as well as meshwork (DNI) data. At the left side DS-800 is mentioned every bit the facility intercepting telephone calls betwixt the Brazilian ministry building as well as numbers inwards Equador as well as Venezuela. Telephone communications to some other countries are monitored yesteryear facilities designated US-3294 as well as US-966V.
At the right side of the slide are the meshwork communications. Traffic betwixt IP addresses from Global Village Telecom as well as meshwork providers inwards Africa, the Middle East as well as Canada are also collected yesteryear DS-800. We tin also encounter that meshwork traffic to Bharat is intercepted yesteryear DS-200 (maybe because GCHQ has skillful access to India?).
Given this information as well as regarding that Global Village Telecom is a major Brazilian telecommunication company, providing both telephony as well as meshwork services, DS-800 could in all likelihood endure intercepting the infrastructure of this company. Because inside the Five Eyes-community, Canada is to a greater extent than or less responsible for roofing Latin America, nosotros tin imagine that DS-800 mightiness endure operated yesteryear the Canadian CSEC, simply similar the British GCHQ operates DS-200B.
Links as well as Sources
- ArsTechnica.com: Dokumente belegen Zugriffe auf Google- und Yahoo-Clouds
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