Snowden leaks again: NSA, UK taps Germans’ computers, phones

Published September 14, 2014 8:03pm ET



Intelligence officials in the U.S. and Britain can secretly get information from individual computers and smartphones in Germany, a leading German publication says, citing information from American leaker Edward Snowden.

Agencies such as the National Security Agency can glean data through German service providers such as Deutsche Telekom and Netcologne, the BBC said, citing a report in Der Spiegel.

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