Australians hacked into US Government computers, court claims
A criminal case against a hacking collective has heard that the group, which includes two Australians, broke into NASA, US Army and the US Missile Defence Agency's computer systems.
Full details of the accused have not been released
The court claims the group stole "massive amounts of confidential data".
"As part of their alleged scheme, they stole military data and personal identifying information belonging to servicemen and women," US Attorney Paul J Fishman said.
"Such conduct endangers the security of our country and is an affront to those who serve."
Only one of the group, Englishman Lauri Love has been arrested.
US authorities declined to address whether the two Australians had been arrested or will be arrested to face extradition.
According to the indictment, the two Australians - referred to as Co-conspirator 1 and and Co-conspirator 2- resided "in or near" New South Wales and "in or near Australia" respectively.
"This is still an ongoing investigation and there is really not more information on the public record to speak about it," said Rebekah Carmichael, spokeswoman for the US Attorney's Office.