Snowden revelation: Cable & Wireless helped Britain spy on the world

SNOWDEN FIND: British telco helped its government eavesdrop on millions of Internet users

LONDON: Telecommunications firm Cable & Wireless helped Britain eavesdrop on millions of Internet users worldwide, Channel 4 reported, citing previously secret documents leaked by a fugitive former US National Security Agency contractor.

Cable & Wireless, which was bought by Vodafone in 2012, provided British spies with traffic from rival foreign communications companies, Britain's Channel 4 television said, citing documents stolen by Edward Snowden.