Perhaps older versions of SSL, but there is no evidence that anyone has compromised TLS.
There is evidence that encrypted traffic was stored and research was done on the metadata of these connections but that is no surprise. That may be what they were referring to.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/28/7458159/encryption-standa...
Bruce Schneier has said while large government actors may be able to exploit it, it's still recommended: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-rem...