“The federal grand jury today issued a second indictment, accusing Julian Assange ... of crimes related to Assange’s alleged role in one of the largest theft of classified information in the history of the United States,” the document says.

In conclusion, there are no new criminal episodes, however, according to the US Department of Justice, it "expands the scope of the conspiracy around alleged computer hacks."

"Wikileaks received and published emails received as a result of the hack committed against the American intelligence consulting company Anonymous and a hacker associated with LilzSec," the press release said.