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Discord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 day ago by todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] colforge@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No idea why they worded the article that way. The person going to prison is the person who leaked the documents and was also the admin of the discord server they leaked it to.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you for confirming. I don't click articles on socials due to tracking but that's my understanding also.

So the wording is FUD as I suspected...

His crime is posting classified info as insider and he can't even pretend to be a whistleblower.

Either way, folks take note! This is how modern propaganda works. Subtle and you have to know facts before hand in order not to fall for it

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is how modern propaganda works.

maybe it is modern propaganda, maybe the author is just incompetent moron trying to get as much clicks as possible 😔

Discord servers are restricted ring-fenced sections of the internet. They are often used by gaming groups and communities as secure chat rooms but are also used by fringe organisations to push their ideologies and discuss wild conspiracy theories and plots.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/14/matthew-crooks-shooting-assasination-attempt-suspect/

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

are also used by fringe organisations to push their ideologies and discuss wild conspiracy theories and plots.

Might Discord be, potentially, in some way related to the notorious hacker known as 4chan 🤣

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, they should lock them both, just to be on the safe side.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who ever wrote that have superficial understanding of how these services operate...

They should not be writing on the topic if they don't properly researched the topic.

They at best an idiot, but likely just a useful idiot for the people in charge.

Where is the editorial quality?

🤡

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

but likely just a useful idiot for the people in charge

that's little bit too harsh. the authors of the article write general news, they do not specialize in technology, and it is pretty clear none of them is gamer (i suspect that telegraph correspondent to united states doesn't have much free time to waste on gaming 😂).

so while that paragraph is stupid to the degree where it is bordering on funny, i am not looking for malicious intent behind it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor