IN US National Guard soldier Jack Douglas Teixeira, suspected of leaking classified documents, has posted confidential information for a longer period of time and to a larger chat audience than intended, reported “New York Times”quoted by the agencies.
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Jack Teixeira, the suspected Discord leaker, had been posting sensitive information for almost a year to a second chat group with hundreds of members. He started 48 hours after Russia invaded Ukraine and stopped last month.
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According to the publication, which cites Internet postings purported to be of Teixeira, he began uploading content to the small online gaming platform Discord – which had about 600 users – shortly after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It is noted that in his posts, the user referred to data from the National Security Agency, the CIA and other US intelligence services and has published information about Russian and Ukrainian victims in the conflict, about the activities of Russian intelligence, as well as about Western aid to Ukraine.
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Reuters notes that in this case it may be about the biggest breach in US national security since 2010, when more than 700,000 documents, videos and diplomatic cables appeared on the WikiLeaks website.
So far, there is no comment from the Pentagon on the new announcement of the “New York Times”.
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Teixeira is facing charges of unauthorized acquisition of confidential documents and materials, affecting defense, and unauthorized storage and transmission of national defense information. According to legal experts, more charges are likely to be filed against him.
