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
Site information
Code	HCC
Location
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