A British man has been charged in the US for allegedly breaking into thousands of American government computer systems to steal “massive quantities” of confidential data.

一英国男子在美国被控涉嫌侵入美国政府的数千个计算机系统，窃取“大量”机密数据。

Lauri Love, 28, and three unnamed co-conspirators, allegedly infiltrated the systems of the US army, US Missile Defence Agency, Environmental Protection Agency and Nasa, resulting in millions of dollars of losses, the New Jersey US attorney’s office said yesterday.

美国新泽西州检方昨日称，28岁的劳里·洛夫(Lauri Love)和三名未被点名的同谋涉嫌侵入美国陆军、美国导弹防御局(MDA)、美国国家环保局(EPA)和美国国家航空航天局(NASA)的系统，导致数百万美元损失。

Mr Love was arrested on Friday by officers from the UK’s National Crime Agency’s cyber crime unit under the Computer Misuse Act, which covers crimes committed from within the UK against computers anywhere in the world.

上周五，英国国家打击犯罪局(National Crime Agency)网络犯罪科官员依据英国《计算机滥用法》(Computer Misuse Act)逮捕了洛夫。《计算机滥用法》涵盖在英国境内对世界任何地方的计算机所实施的犯罪行为。

He has been charged with one count of unauthorised accessing of a US department or agency computer and another count of conspiring to do so. He has been released on bail until February.

他被控的一项罪名是未经授权访问美国政府部门或机构的计算机，另一项罪名是合谋进行上述行为。他被保释出狱直至明年2月。

Paul Fishman, the New Jersey US attorney, said: “As part of their alleged scheme, they stole military data and personal identifying information belonging to servicemen and women. Such conduct endangers the security of our country and is an affront to those who serve.”

新泽西州联邦检察官保罗·菲什曼(Paul Fishman)表示：“作为被指控的阴谋的一部分，他们窃取了军事数据和现役男女军人的个人身份信息。此类行为威胁我国安全，并且是对军人的侵犯。”

The indictment says the hackers’ aim was to “disrupt the operations and infrastructure of the United States government”. If convicted, Mr Love faces up to five years’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from each offence.

起诉书称，这些黑客的目标是“破坏美国政府的运转和基础设施”。一旦罪名成立，洛夫将面临至多5年的监禁和25万美元罚款，相当于每项犯罪行为所致损益的两倍。

The Grand Jury indictment says that Mr Love and his conspirators – one based in Sweden and two in Australia – “placed hidden 'shells’ or ‘back doors’ within the networks, which allowed [them] to return to the compromised computer systems at a later date and steal confidential data”.

来自大陪审团的起诉书表示，洛夫及其同伙——一名位于瑞典、另外两名位于澳大利亚——“在网络内安置隐蔽的‘壳’或‘后门’，以方便他们日后重新访问已被侵入的计算机系统，窃取机密数据。”

It alleges that the data they stole included budgeting information and the personal details of thousands of people including military personnel.

起诉书称，他们窃取的数据包含预算信息和数千人（包括军人）的个人资料。

They are said to have identified targets, and planned and conducted attacks in secure online chat forums known as internet relay chats.

据称他们通过“互联网中继聊天”(Internet relay chat, IRC)的加密在线聊天室选定目标，并计划和实施攻击。

According to the indictment, Mr Love said in one chatroom exchange that “you have no idea how much we can f*** with the US government if we wanted to. This?.?.?.?stuff is really sensitive”. He is said to have added: “It’s basically every piece of information you’d need to do full identity theft on any employee or contractor for the [government agency].”

起诉书称，洛夫在一次聊天中表示“你们不知道，如果我们愿意的话，我们可以搞死美国政府。这些……资料真的很敏感。”据说他还表示：“这些资料足以让你完全窃取（政府机构）任何雇员或合同工的身份。”