Hawaii Cryptologic Center

The Hawaii Cryptologic Center (HCC) or NSA Hawaii is a U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Central Security Service (CSS) facility located near Wahiawa on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.^[1][2] The facility opened on January 6, 2012, at a cost of $358 million.^[2] The center focuses on signals intelligence intercepts from Asia, and conducts cybersecurity and cyberwarfare operations.^[3][4]

Hawaii Cryptologic Center
Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawaii in USA
Code	HCC
Site history
Built	January 6, 2012 (2012-01-06)

In May 2013, a worker at this facility, Edward Snowden,^[5] took many classified documents and provided them to the press, revealing the existence of a number of top secret NSA mass surveillance programs.^[6]

See also

• Kunia Regional SIGINT Operations Center
• European Cryptologic Center
• Colorado Cryptologic Center
• Georgia Cryptologic Center
• Texas Cryptologic Center
• Navy Information Operations Command, Hawaii

References

1. "NSA/CSS opens newest facility in Georgia". Government Security News. March 6, 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
2. "NSA/CSS Unveils New Hawaii Center" (Press release). National Security Agency. January 6, 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
3. Bamford, James (March 15, 2012). "The NSA is Building the Country's Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)". Wired. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
4. "NSA/CSS Hawaii". www.nsa.gov. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
5. Greenberg, Andy (2013-12-16). "An NSA Coworker Remembers The Real Edward Snowden: 'A Genius Among Geniuses'". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-09-25. Snowden wore it regularly to stay warm in the air-conditioned underground NSA Hawaii Kunia facility known as 'the tunnel.'
6. Sanger, David E.; Perlroth, Nicole (June 15, 2013). "After Profits, Defense Contractor Faces the Pitfalls of Cybersecurity". New York Times. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013.

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