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At a Washington conference on Wednesday as the Post story broke, Alexander issued an immediate denial, but was not specifically asked to address allegations that the NSA intercepted data transiting between the companies' data centers.
Chinese web monitoring group Greatfire.org said that hackers intercepted data and potentially gained access to passwords, messages, photos and contacts.
Donncha O'Cearrbhail, 19, from Birr, Ireland, faces one count of computer hacking conspiracy and a separate allegation that he disclosed an unlawfully intercepted data feed.
Any change to Ripa could have implications for firms which have intercepted data without permission, such as Google, which accidentally collected huge amounts of private data on unsecured wi-fi networks when it was gathering information for its Street View service.
News broke last year that the NSA built the United States' largest data centre in Utah that stores intercepted data taken from programs like PRISM.
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In addition, a personal firewall will intercept data headed for Web sites of dubious repute.
These popular apps allow an attacker to intercept data exchanged between the Android device and a remote server.
It's unclear if the company will be able to help authorities intercept data on when they use WhatsApp or with whom they communicate.
During testimony in March that has become infamous, Clapper told Senator Ron Wyden, a member of the intelligence committee, that the NSA was not intercepting data on millions of Americans.
The Austrian law student began the case before the US whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that the US National Security Agency was routinely intercepting data from emails, social media and telephones.
Documents show how GCHQ was tapping fibre-optic cables to intercept data flowing through the global internet in a program called Tempora.
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