BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhuanet) -- The Washington Post is reporting that the National Security Agency secretly broke into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and data centers around the world.

The Post cites documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with officials. According to a secret accounting document dated January 9th, 2013, the NSA sends millions of records every day from Yahoo and Google’s internal networks to data warehouses at the agency’s headquarters.

In the last 30 days, field collectors have processed and sent back more than 180 million new records. They include "metadata," which indicates who sent or received emails and when, and content such as text, audio and video.

(Source: CNTV.cn)