British officers hope to gain more evidence to use in prosecution of UK teenagers suspected of carrying out online attacks

British police officers have flown to the US to gather evidence of computer hacking that could be used in the prosecution of two UK teenagers suspected of carrying out online attacks on behalf of Anonymous and LulzSec.

It is believed the UK authorities are having to trawl through a large amount of forensic evidence to build their cases.

LulzSec has claimed responsibility for online attacks against Soca and the Sun newspaper, as well as targeting US authorities such as the Senate and the CIA.