What is the code-name for the
group of hackers supposedly
hired by the U.S. government
to attempt to hack into the
Pentagon's computer system ?

Spit is it Eligible Receiver? Characteristics of invocations of Eligible Receiver can include any or all of the following: there were 20, or 25, or 35, or 50 hackers; the hackers were from or hired by: [the Pentagon, the NSA, the Joint Staff], the national power grid was taken down, the 911 service was taken down, troop movements were disrupted, the hackers were more powerful than Nazi armies in World War II, laptops were bought, laptops were stolen, software was bought off-the-shelf, software was obtained from the Net, unspecified secret computer systems were compromised and/or unspecified public computer systems were compromised.

Samantha is spot on !

Thanks for the answer !