The Washington Post, citing top-secret budget documents provided by Edward Snowden, has revealed that the United States is conducting cyber-attacks against other countries on a scale far wider than previously known. The report says that in the year 2011, U.S. intelligence services conducted 231 offensive cyber-operations. The documents also reveal a sweeping effort dubbed ”GENIE” whereby the United States hacks into foreign networks in order to place them under covert control.