A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals, according to documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
That pressure mounted on Wednesday when the Guardian published details of a programme, called Xkeyscore, which allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals.
Text files containing emails, passwords and other hijacked information are often made public on the service - drawing attention as they climb its "trending pastes" list.
When officers searched the vehicle, they discovered methamphetamines and a laptop containing emails that documented illegal drug sales.
In August, the FBI turned over to the State Department seven DVDs containing emails and other material retrieved from Hillary Clinton's private, unsecured email servers.
This top-secret program "allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals".
Anonymous announced the hack on Twitter, "linking to a set of Private Paste documents containing emails, names, and what appear to be possibly passwords from the payment service's database," according to TNW.
It also comes two weeks after hackers breached a Gannett Co. database containing emails and passwords of subscribers to Defense News and other publications read by members of the U.S. government and military.
The cluttered sidebar that contained email labels, folders and Google's Hangouts instant messaging service has been removed in favour of a sliding menu, already used by Google's social network and other Google services.
During the 2012 incident, one Dropbox employee's account was accessed with a project document that contained email addresses.
