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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 hours ago

In the 2000s I thought that due to more and more people being on the internet, stories like this would be very common in the future, not just for the government, but private entities too.

In reality: Most things that happen at most workplaces are not interesting enough to leak, and most people do not want to risk their careers for something like this. So it's still relatively rare.

[–] meliante@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

PORTUGALCARALHO

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 158 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Shoulda become president first THEN leaked classified documents to russia. He'd be fine in that case.

[–] Illogicalbit@lemmy.world 39 points 12 hours ago

No no no, see:

FBI Director Christopher Wray said that his sentence should serve as "a stark warning to all those entrusted with protecting national defense information: betray that trust, and you will be held accountable."

They mean business! For real this time. No take backs. While supplies last. Void in some states. Not all locations participate. Some restrictions apply.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 19 points 14 hours ago

Not only wouldn't he see a punishment, but he'd be elected a second time to do it again!

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 91 points 18 hours ago

You fool, you're only supposed to post things like that on the Warthunder forums!

[–] simple@lemm.ee 73 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I thought I read this before, and sure enough it's a follow up to a 2023 article

TL;DR: 21 year old national guard leaked classified documents on Discord for attention and got caught for it. Nice work.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 46 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Guy was only leaking to show off to a bunch of teenagers. Loser

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 33 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, leaking government secrets is the most effective defense against momma jokes.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 18 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Your momma leaks government secrets.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Yo momma's lips are so loose, she leaks government secrets.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

governmentsecrets.pdf , Ha! Gotcha!

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 17 hours ago

F35-radar-cross-sections.pdf.exe

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

What does being admin has to do with it?

[–] colforge@lemm.ee 23 points 18 hours 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 18 hours 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 17 hours 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 3 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 1 hour ago

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

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -2 points 16 hours 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 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 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

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

first of all, admin of some random discord server is something else than discord admin, but that wouldn't give such nice tabloid headline...

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -2 points 16 hours ago

Brain dead "journalism" strikes again!

[–] frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world 40 points 18 hours ago

15 years to flex as a Discord mod. 😂

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 18 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Was this a more significant leak than the Gulf oil spill? I think not.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 18 points 17 hours ago

The people responsible for that one are rich, and they can do no wrong.