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Intelligence Agency
NSA
National Security Agency
Founded
1952
Country
United States
HQ
Fort Meade, Maryland
On Record
3
Signals intelligence agency responsible for global collection and processing of electronic communications. Operates the largest mass surveillance infrastructure in history.
3 confirmed Modern
■ Operations
- Modern · UK, USA, Germany, France, Spain CONFIRMED 2013
Operation TEMPORA
GCHQ tapped transatlantic fibre-optic cables to intercept internet traffic in bulk, sharing raw data with the NSA in the largest known surveillance operation in history.
- Modern · USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand CONFIRMED 2013
PRISM
NSA mass surveillance program secretly collecting internet communications from major US tech companies, exposed by Edward Snowden in 2013.
- Modern · Iran CONFIRMED 2010
Operation Olympic Games (Stuxnet)
The NSA and Israeli Unit 8200's joint cyberweapon that physically destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges — the first known state-deployed offensive cyberattack.