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Was the Gen-Z Pentagon leaker motivated by social media clout?

Sources say he wanted to impress a bunch of teenage boys and young men who were his acolytes in a Discord chatroom

The Guardian - US

Pentagon leaks: how Discord video game chat platform landed in the spotlight

Users explain the way top-secret documents were able slowly to spread across the internet unnoticed

The Guardian - UK

Pentagon papers leak suspect calls out to his father in court as he is charged and jailed without bond

Jack Teixeira charged with unauthorized detention and transmission of national defence information

The Independent UK

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Jack Teixeira: suspect in Pentagon leaks charged under Espionage Act – as it happened

Member of air national guard, 21, accused of leaking sensitive documents pertaining to US intelligence

The Guardian - US

National Guard member arrested over Pentagon documents leak sent last message to friends saying fate lies with God

‘I prayed to God that this would never happen. And I prayed and prayed and prayed. Only God can decide what happens from now on,’ Jack Teixeira told group members

The Independent UK

First Thing: Jack Teixeira to appear in court accused of Pentagon leaks

Former IT specialist, 21, arrested on Thursday is accused of intelligence leak believed to have started on Discord. Plus, are Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson actually brothers?

The Guardian - UK

US guardsman in custody over Pentagon documents leak

Washington (AFP) - A 21-year-old national guardsman was in custody Friday after he was arrested on suspicion of leaking a trove of sensitive US government secrets.

AFP

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The guy who leaked Ukraine War plans on Discord got busted because of his Steam profile

Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested by the FBI today.

PC Gamer

US airman arrested over Pentagon documents leak

Washington (AFP) - FBI agents on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old national guardsman suspected of being behind a major leak of sensitive US government secrets -- including about the Ukraine war.

AFP

Morning Mail: record-setting Cyclone Ilsa hits WA, Dutton accused on voice, alleged Pentagon leaker arrested

Storm hits near Port Hedland after setting new wind speed record of 218kmh; Liberal leader accused of misrepresenting meeting in country WA

The Guardian - AU

US airman arrested over Pentagon document leak

Washington (AFP) - FBI agents on Thursday arrested a young national guardsman suspected of being behind a major leak of sensitive US government secrets -- including about the Ukraine war.

AFP

The 21-year-old National Guardsman suspected of leaking secret Pentagon documents

Reports suggest links to an online gaming community, write Joe Sommerlad and Graeme Massie

The Independent UK

Who is Jack Teixeira, the man arrested over Pentagon files leak?

US air national guardsman has been identified as prime suspect in leak of classified documents

The Guardian - UK

The Pentagon leak that landed on a chat forum about Minecraft exposes an unavoidable weakness in US national security

The leak of highly classified Pentagon documents has forced defence officials into the online worlds of gamers, meme lords and their leagues of followers, and exposed an unavoidable weakness in US national security.

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AFP

Biden says US leak probe 'getting close' as details on source emerge

Washington (AFP) - The investigation into the leak of a cache of sensitive US documents is "getting close," President Joe Biden said Thursday, as US media honed in on a young national guardsman as the possible source of the security breach.

The Guardian - US

Pentagon leaks: US air national guardsman, 21, identified as suspect

Jack Teixeira led Thug Shaker Central online group and is facing arrest in Massachusetts, say reports

The Independent UK

Pentagon leaks show difficulty of keeping secrets in a vast intelligence network

Britain issues more than 180,000 security clearances every year, as Kim Sengupta explains

The Guardian - AU

Pentagon leaks linked to young gun enthusiast who worked at military base – report

Man known online as ‘OG’ is said to have access to large amounts of classified material and to regard intelligence services as repressive

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Leaked US intel may have origin in Discord

Discord, a social media platform popular with gamers, could be the origin of a major leak of classified documents that has shaken the United States government.

The Independent UK

Leaked documents may have origin in chatroom for gamers

A major leak of classified U.S. documents that’s shaken Washington and exposed new details of its intelligence gathering may have started in a chatroom on a social media platform popular with gamers

The Guardian - US

Leak of secret US defense papers could be ‘tip of the iceberg’, report says

Disclosure already represents worst national security breach in years, and analysts suggest damage to US could get worse

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