Type |
Name |
Ownership |
Connecting Operator Point A |
Connection Operator Point B |
URL/Notes
|
120 Gb/s |
AC-1 (Atlantic Crossing) |
|
Brookhaven Cable Station in Shirley, New York, (US) |
Land's End Cable Station in Whitesands, (UK) |
WP
|
320 Gbit/s |
AC-2 |
|
Bellport/Brookhaven, New York (US) |
Bude (UK) |
WP
|
3,84 Tbs |
EIG |
|
|
Tripoli (LY) / Abu Talat (EG) / Al Fujaurah (AE) / Barka (OM) / Djibouti (DJ) / Gibraltar (GI) / Jeddah (SA) / London (GB) / Marseille (FR) / Monaco (MC) / Mumbai (IN) / Sesimbra (PT) / Widemouth Bay (GB) / Zaferana (EG) |
Operator WP
|
480 Gbits/s |
SEA-ME-WE-3 |
|
|
Norden (DE) / Oostende (BE) / Goonhilly (GB) / Penmarch (FR) / Sesimbra (PT) / Tetuan (MA) / Mazara del Vallo (IT) / Chania (GR) / Marmaris (TR) / Yeroskipou (CY) / Alexandria (EG) / Suez (EG) / Jeddah (SA) / Djibouti (DJ) / Muscat (OM) / Fujairah (AE) / Karachi (PK) / Mumbai (IN) / Cochin (IN) / Mount Lavinia (LK) / Pyapon (MM) / Satun (TH) / Penang, (MY) (Where it meets the SAFE and the FLAG cables.) / Medan (IN) / Tuas (SG) / Jakarta (IN) / Perth (AU) / Mersing (MY) / Tungku (BN) / Da Nang (VN) / Batangas (PH) / Taipa (MO) / Deep Water Bay (HK) / Shantou (CN) / Fangshan (TW) / Toucheng (TW) / Shanghai (CN) / Keoje (KR) / Okinawa, (JP) |
WP
|
Name |
Location |
Operator |
Status |
Capabilities
|
Menwith Hill (ECHELON) |
Menwith Hill, Harrogate |
UK/USA (RSOC) |
Active |
Intelsat Europe till West-Asia
|
|
Belfast (Victoria Square) |
GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM |
Active |
|
|
Brora, Scotland |
GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM |
Active |
|
GCHQ |
Cheltenham (Government Communications Headquarters) |
NSA liaison is present. |
Active |
|
|
Chicksands |
GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM |
Active |
|
|
Culm Head |
GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM |
Active |
|
|
Digby |
GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM |
Active |
|
|
Hawklaw, Scotland |
GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM |
Active |
|
|
Irton Moor |
GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM |
Active |
|
|
Molesworth |
UK/USA |
Active |
|
GCHQ BUDE |
Morwenstow |
UK/USA |
Active |
|
|
Westminster, London |
GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM |
Active |
|
|
(Palmer Street) |
? |
|
|
|
Yemen |
? |
|
|
|
Socotra Island |
|
(planned) |
|
Date |
Source |
Title |
Tags
|
20131121 |
spiegel.de |
NSA-Affäre: US-Geheimdienst sammelt Daten unverdächtiger Briten |
GB / NSA
|
20131120 |
theguardian.com |
US and UK struck secret deal to allow NSA to 'unmask' Britons' personal data |
GB / NSA / US
|
20131105 |
bbc.co.uk |
Germany calls in British ambassador over spy claims |
UK Embassy Berlin / GB / DE
|
20131101 |
spiegel.de |
Neue Späh-Enthüllungen: Europäische Geheimdienste sollen kooperiert haben |
DE / GCHQ / GB / FR / ES / IT
|
20131101 |
theguardian.com |
GCHQ and European spy agencies worked together on mass surveillance - Edward Snowden papers unmask close technical cooperation and loose alliance between British, German, French, Spanish and Swedish spy agencies |
GB / GCHQ / DE / BND / FR / DGSE / ES / CNI / SE / FRA / SAEPO / NL / MIVD / AIVD
|
20131021 |
spiegel.de |
EU-Kommissarin: Neelie Kroes nennt Snowden-Enthüllungen "hilfreich" |
NSA / EU / BE / GB
|
20131017 |
theguardian.com |
Extent of spies' mass surveillance to be investigated in public inquiry - Intelligence inquiry begun after Edward Snowden leaks and Guardian revelations on GCHQ and NSA personal data sharing |
GB / GCHQ
|
20131016 |
theguardian.com |
How MPs and peers took on May and spy agencies over 'snoopers' charter' - Anger at failure of Home Office and security services to reveal extent of GCHQ's data harvesting operations |
GB / GCHQ
|
20131016 |
theguardian.com |
Former Labour minister accuses spies of ignoring MPs over surveillance - Nick Brown says there is 'uncanny' similarity between GCHQ programmes exposed by Edward Snowden and bill's proposals |
GB / GCHQ
|
20131013 |
theguardian.com |
GCHQ accused of monitoring privileged emails between lawyers and clients - Allegation relates to eight Libyan nationals and comes in wake of Guardian's revelations about GCHQ and Tempora programme |
GB / GCHQ / LY / TEMPORA
|
20131006 |
theguardian.com |
Cabinet was told nothing about GCHQ spying programmes, says Chris Huhne - Ex-minister says he was in 'utter ignorance' of Prism and Tempora and calls for tighter oversight of security services |
GB / GCHQ
|
20131003 |
theguardian.com |
The Snowden files: why the British public should be worried about GCHQ - When the Guardian offered John Lanchester access to the GCHQ files, the journalist and novelist was initially unconvinced. But what the papers told him was alarming: that Britain is sliding towards an entirely new kind of surveillance society |
GB / GCHQ
|
20130904 |
wikileaks.org |
UTIMACO: Rudolf Windschuh |
UTIMACO / WINDSCHUH, RUDOLF / DE / NL / FR / ES / AE / AU / CZ / FI / GB
|
20130904 |
wikileaks.org |
TELESOFT: Ray Hutton |
TELESOFT / HUTTON, RAY / GB / ES / AE / IT
|
20130904 |
wikileaks.org |
HIDDEN TECHNOLOGY: Chris Nyland |
HIDDEN-TECHNOLOGY-SYSTEMS / NYLAND, CHRIS / GB / ES / MT / FR / NL / IN
|
20130904 |
wikileaks.org |
GAMMA: Martin Muench |
GAMMA / MUENCH, MARTIN J / MX / US / DE / CZ / KZ / GB / NL / FR / RS
|
20130904 |
wikileaks.org |
GAMMA: Louthean Nelson |
GAMMA / NELSON, LOUTHEAN JOHN ALEXANDER / LB / DE / AE / LV / CH / ID / IT / MY / SG / GB / AT / RS / TR / CI / BJ / ZA
|
20130904 |
wikileaks.org |
GAMMA: Johnny Debs |
GAMMA / DEBS, JOHNNY / LB / RS / GB / CZ / TR / ET / GA
|
20130904 |
wikileaks.org |
GAMMA: Brydon Nelson |
GAMMA / NELSON, BRYDON / GB / DE / QA / AE / BH / NL / OM / BN / MY / CY / FR
|
20130904 |
wikileaks.org |
COBHAM: Neil Tomlinson |
COBHAM GB / AE / LB / QA / KW
|
20130904 |
wikileaks.org |
CELLEBRITE: Peter Warnke |
CELLEBRITE / WARNKE, PETER / DE / IL / TR / NL / AE / US / GB / PL / CH
|
20130823 |
rt.com |
Snowden 'not the source' of Middle East surveillance leak – Guardian |
GB / GCHQ
|
20130823 |
spiegel.de |
Snowden-Dokumente: Briten betreiben Spionage-Basis im Nahen Osten |
GB / GCHQ
|
20130823 |
indenpendent.co.uk |
Exclusive: UK’s secret Mid-East internet surveillance base is revealed in Edward Snowden leaks - Data-gathering operation is part of a £1bn web project still being assembled by GCHQ |
GB / GCHQ
|
20130803 |
rt.com |
‘Poodle’ UK: MPs to quiz GCHQ spies over $150 mln payments from US govt |
GB / GCHQ / US / NSA
|
20130802 |
cryptome.org |
NSA X-KEYSCORE Server Sites |
XKEYSCORE / US / MX / HN / CR / PA / VE / CO / EC / BR / GB / FR / DE / AT / IT / ES / PL / BY / RU / RO / GR / CZ / DZ / MA / EG / SD / SO / CM / NA / ZW / SA / TR / IQ / KW / BH / QA / AE / UZ / KG / AF / PK / IN / JP / CN / PH / MM / TH / KH / MY / AU / NZ
|
20130801 |
guardian.co.uk |
Exclusive: NSA pays £100m in secret funding for GCHQ |
US / NSA / GCHQ / GB
|
20130717 |
guardian.co.uk |
Prism: committee urges review of legal framework for electronic surveillance - Intelligence and security committee also confirms GCHQ's use of NSA Prism surveillance material for first time |
PRISM / GCHQ / GB
|
20130708 |
guardian.co.uk |
NSA and GCHQ spy programmes face legal challenge - Privacy campaigners file claim saying laws used to justify data trawling by Prism and Tempora programmes are being abused |
GB / NSA / GCHQ / PRISM / TEMPORA
|
20130705 |
guardian.co.uk |
NSA leaks: UK blocks crucial espionage talks between US and Europe - First talks to soothe transatlantic tensions to be restricted to data privacy and Prism programme after Britain and Sweden's veto |
GB / NSA / US / EU
|
20130704 |
guardian.co.uk |
Ecuador says London embassy bug hidden in socket - Foreign minister says Ecuador is to ask for Britain's co-operation in investigating hidden microphone |
EC / GB / THESURVEILLANCEGROUP
|
20130703 |
guardian.co.uk |
Snowden row intensifies as hidden bug found in Ecuador's embassy - Ecuadorean minister threatens to reveal perpetrators after device discovered during meeting over Assange |
EC / GB
|
20130703 |
guardian.co.uk |
Rifkind defends cancelling of spy chiefs' TV grilling - Chair of intelligence and security committee says he finds arguments that public hearing should go ahead unconvincing |
GB / GCHQ
|
20130703 |
guardian.co.uk |
Listen carefully: bugging foreign embassies is nothing new - So well documented are efforts to bug embassies that diplomats must know better than to discuss real secrets in their own offices |
GB / MI5 / MI6 / GCHQ
|
20130701 |
guardian.co.uk |
Parliamentary committee 'too busy' to question intelligence agencies - Intelligence and security committee postpones televised session with agencies to focus on GCHQ claims and Lee Rigby case |
GB / GCHQ
|
20130629 |
privacysurgeon.org |
Former NSA contractor warns of “murky” interception arrangements |
NSA / DE / FI / GB / DK / NL / FR / ES / IT / US / CA / AU / NZ / ECHELON / BND / CESID / OPERATION DELIKATESSE / TR / MIT
|
20130626 |
tagesschau.de |
Deutsche Fragen zum "Tempora"-Programm - Drei Zeilen aus London |
DE / GB / GCHQ / TEMPORA
|
20130626 |
welt.de |
Briten verweigern Antwort auf deutsche Spähprogramm-Fragen |
DE / GB
|
20130626 |
guardian.co.uk |
Police unit monitors 9,000 'extremists' - Officers familiar with workings of unit indicate that many of campaigners listed on database have no criminal record |
GB
|
20130625 |
spiegel.de |
Schnüffelprogramm Tempora: Justizministerin schickt Brandbriefe an britische Regierung |
TEMPORA / DE / GB
|
20130625 |
guardian.co.uk |
Germany blasts Britain over GCHQ's secret cable trawl - Minister questions legality of mass tapping of calls and internet and demands to know extent to which Germans were targeted |
GB / GCHQ / DE
|
20130625 |
sueddeutsche.de |
Deutsche Politiker verlangen Aufklärung von London |
DE / GB / GCHQ / TEMPORA
|
20130625 |
guardian.co.uk |
Civil rights group says GCHQ and NSA have targeted it illegally - Liberty asks official tribunal to investigate whether its communications have been intercepted by government spooks |
GB / GCHQ / NSA
|
20130624 |
spiegel.de |
Überwachungsprogramm: Tempora lässt die Briten kalt |
GB / GCHQ / TEMPORA
|
20130623 |
rt.com |
UK tapping Europe’s data flows is like ‘Hollywood nightmare’ – Germany |
GB / GCHQ / DE
|
20130622 |
guardian.co.uk |
MI5 feared GCHQ went 'too far' over phone and internet monitoring - Amid leaks from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, senior intelligence source reveals worries were voiced in 2008 |
GB / GCHQ / MI5 / NSA
|
20130622 |
guardian.co.uk |
GCHQ monitoring described as a 'catastrophe' by German politicians - Federal ministers demand clarification from UK government on extent of spying conducted on German citizens |
DE / GCHQ / GB
|
20130622 |
spiegel.de |
Britisches Abhörprogramm: Bundesregierung nimmt Tempora-Bericht "sehr ernst" |
DE / GB / GCHQ
|
20130622 |
spiegel.de |
Britische Internet-Überwachung: Freund liest mit |
GB / GCHQ / NSA / TAT-14
|
20130621 |
netzpolitik.org |
Keep Calm and Spy On: Britischer Nachrichtendienst überwacht systematisch internationalen Internetverkehr |
GB / GCHQ
|
20130621 |
spiegel.de |
Spionageskandal: Britischer Geheimdienst speichert weltweiten Internet-Verkehr |
GB / GCHQ / MASTERING THE INTERNET / GLOBAL TELECOMS EXPLOITATION / TEMPORA
|
20130621 |
guardian.co.uk |
The legal loopholes that allow GCHQ to spy on the world - William Hague has hailed GCHQ's 'democratic accountability', but legislation drafted before a huge expansion of internet traffic appears to offer flexibility |
GCHQ / GB
|
20130621 |
guardian.co.uk |
GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world's communications - Exclusive: British spy agency collects and stores vast quantities of global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories and calls, and shares them with NSA, latest documents from Edward Snowden reveal |
SUBCOMCAB / GB / GCHQ / US / NSA / MASTERING THE INTERNET / GLOBAL TELECOMS EXPLOITATION / TEMPORA
|
20130619 |
guardian.co.uk |
Britain's response to the NSA story? Back off and shut up - Snowden's revelations are causing outrage in the US. In the UK, Hague deploys a police-state defence and the media is silenced |
GB / GCHQ
|
20130617 |
guardian.co.uk |
MoD serves news outlets with D notice over surveillance leaks - BBC and other media groups issued with D notice to limit publication of information that could 'jeopardise national security' |
GB
|
20130617 |
spiegel.de |
G-8-Gipfel: Britische Abhöraktion verärgert Russland |
GB / GCHQ / RU / TR
|
20130617 |
guardian.co.uk |
G20 summits: Russia and Turkey react with fury to spying revelations - Ankara summons UK ambassador and says GCHQ allegations are 'scandalous' if confirmed |
GCHQ / GB / TR / RU
|
20130617 |
spiegel.de |
Telefonüberwachung: Britische Spione spähten Gipfelteilnehmer aus |
GB / GCHQ
|
20130616 |
guardian.co.uk |
UK intelligence agencies planned to spy on Commonwealth summit delegates: Top-secret document, prepared by GCHQ, contained proposals to target Commonwealth allies at heads of government summit |
GB / GCHQ / TT
|
20130616 |
guardian.co.uk |
NSA targeted Dmitry Medvedev at London G20 summit - Leaked documents reveal Russian president was spied on during visit, as questions are raised over use of US base in Britain |
GB / RU / GCHQ
|
20130616 |
guardian.co.uk |
The laws that allow intelligence agencies to spy on foreign diplomats - The Intelligence Services Act and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act are broad enough to allow all manner of operations |
GB / GCHQ
|
20130616 |
guardian.co.uk |
Britain's long history of spying on visiting dignitaries |
GB / GCHQ
|
20130616 |
guardian.co.uk |
GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits - Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009 |
GB / GCHQ / NSA
|
20130616 |
guardian.co.uk |
G20 surveillance: why was Turkey targeted? Gordon Brown had hailed 'strong and strengthening ties' with the country, which was – and is – an ally |
GB / TR / GCHQ / NSA
|
20130610 |
spiegel.de |
Internet-Überwachung: Großbritannien verschweigt Rolle im Prism-Skandal |
GB
|
20130609 |
guardian.co.uk |
Surveillance in the US and UK: Spreading national insecurity: The actions of whistleblowers may embarrass governments. But where legislatures and judges fail, whistleblowers keep open the only channel left for public accountability |
NSA / US / GB
|
20130606 |
guardian.co.uk |
Verizon phone records: could it happen in Britain? Tools to engineer disclosure of phone records seem to exist in Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 |
GB
|
20130526 |
bbc.co.uk |
Tory-Labour pact could save data bill, says Lord Howard |
GB
|
20130513 |
theinquirer.net |
EE denies selling user data to tracking firm |
GB / CDR
|
20130513 |
pcpro.co.uk |
EE data "being sold to track customers" |
CDR / GB
|
20130512 |
thesundaytimes.co.uk |
Secrets of 27m mobile phones offered to police |
GB / CDR
|
20130430 |
citizenlab.org |
For their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying (Full Report) |
FINFISHER / GAMMA / AU / AT / BH / BN / BG / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / HU / IN / ID / JP / LV / LT / MK / MY / MX / MG / NL / NG / PK / PA / QA / RO / RS / SG / ZA / TR / TM / AE / GB / US / VN
|
20130430 |
citizenlab.org |
For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying |
FINFISHER / GAMMA / AU / AT / BH / BN / BG / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / HU / IN / ID / JP / LV / LT / MK / MY / MX / MG / NL / NG / PK / PA / QA / RO / RS / SG / ZA / TR / TM / AE / GB / US / VN
|
20130425 |
securelist.com |
Spyware. HackingTeam |
HACKINGTEAM / MX / IT / VN / AE / IQ / LB / MA / PA / TJ / IN / IR / SA / KR / ES / PL / TR / AR / CA / ML / OM / CN / US / KZ / EG / UA / UZ / CO / TW / BR / RU / KG / GB / BH / ET / ID / DE / LY
|
20130313 |
nytimes.com |
Researchers Find 25 Countries Using Surveillance Software |
GAMMA / FINFISHER / MUENCH, MARTIN J / AU / BH / BD / BN / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / IN / ID / JP / LV / MY / MX / MN / NL / QA / RS / SG / TM / AE / GB / US / VN
|
20130313 |
citizenlab.org |
You Only Click Twice: FinFisher’s Global Proliferation |
FINFISHER / GAMMA / AU / BH / BD / BN / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / IN / ID / JP / LV / MY / MX / MN / NL / QA / RS / SG / TM / AE / GB / US / VN
|
20130312 |
pcworld.com |
Reporters Without Borders slams five nations for spying on media, activists |
GAMMA / TROVICOR / HACKINGTEAM / AMESYS / BLUECOAT / US / GB / DE / FR / IT
|