STORMBREW

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. STORMBREW is a secret internet surveillance program of the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States. It was disclosed in the summer of 2013 as part of the leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

The FY 2013 budget for STORMBREW was $46.06 million.[1]

Scope of the program

The program comprises cooperation with a "key corporate partner", which was identified on October 23, 2013 by the Washington Post—quoting NSA historian Matthew Aid—as Verizon.[2] This was confirmed by a joint report by Pro Publica and The New York Times from August 15, 2015.[3]

STORMBREW is an umbrella program involving surveillance of telecommunications. It falls under the category of "Upstream collection", meaning that data is pulled directly from fiber-optic cables and top-level communications infrastructure, which allows access to very high volumes of data. Most of the pre-selection is done by the providers themselves, before the data is passed on to the NSA.

A map shows that the collection is done entirely within the United States. This corporate partner has servers in Washington, California, Texas, Florida, and in or around New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.[4][5][6]

SIGADs

STORMBREW consists of the following SIGADs:

Designation Covername Legal AuthoritySee Note Key Targets Type of Information collected Remarks
US-3140 (PDDG:TM) MADCAPOCELOT Executive Order 12333 The country of Russia and European Terrorism DNI and metadata through XKEYSCORE, PINWALE and MARINA
US-983 (PDDG:FL) STORMBREW Global "Key corporate partner with access to international cables, routers, and switches"

Note: SIGADs not otherwise designated are presumed to operate under the legal authority of Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA)

Glossary

  • Cyber Hit Counts: no explanation has been provided in the source material.
  • Directory ONMR: no explanation has been provided in the source material.
  • DNI: Digital Network Intelligence.[7]
  • DNR: Dial Number Recognition.[7]
  • MARINA: An NSA Database of Internet metadata.[8][9]
  • Transit Authority: A legal authority that states communications that transit the United States are collectible, provided that both endpoints are foreign.

Media Relating to STORMBREW

  • Upstream: Map of International Cables

  • Upstream: Transit Authority

  • Upstream: Map of Transit Authority

  • Upstream: Unique Aspects

  • Upstream: Corporate Portfolio

  • STORMBREW: STORMBREW SIGAD

  • STORMBREW: STORMBREW SIGAD map

  • STORMBREW: MADCAPOCELOT

References

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  3. ↑ New York Times, AT&T Helped U.S. Spy on Internet on a Vast Scale & Pro Publica, NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s ‘Extreme Willingness to Help’, August 15, 2015.
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