New documents leaked by Edward Snowden quantify resources supporting intelligence community crypto-cracking program. The Washington Post published portions of the 178-page top-secret budget justification document for the National Intelligence Program; this the first time such a report has been made public. The budget was a whopping $52.6 billion, according to the document, which also lays out some of the offensive cyber objectives the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency have established. The Post said it withheld most of the details after consulting with government officials concerned about protecting its intelligence sources and methods.
Source: https://threatpost.com/nsa-budget-doc-reveals-investment-in-crypto-breaking-hacking/102152/