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Image: rafapress (Shutterstock)After a batch of classified documents were leaked from the Pentagon, it appears open-source intelligence analysts have pinned the leak down to an unlikely place: Discord. The documents were apparently used by patrons of the messaging platform, which is frequently used by avid video game players, in order to settle a debate about the ongoing war in Ukraine.Video Chat - From Sci-Fi to Sci-FactAs detailed in The Wall Street Journal, at least 50 documents with Secret and Top Secret…

A federal investigation into a major leak of highly classified U.S. documents has cast a spotlight on a social-media outlet popularised by videogame enthusiasts. A federal investigation into a major leak of highly classified U.S. documents has cast a spotlight on a…

Classified US Military documents remained leaked on a Minecraft Discord server for a month before someone noticed them.According to a report by CNN, the leaked documents were posted on the Discord server early last month and contained information on Russian casualties and weapon systems available to Ukraine. "This sh*t was sitting in a Minecraft Discord server for a month, and no one noticed," Aric Toler, a researcher at Bellingcat, said.The documents began to pick up some traction after a user posted…

A federal investigation into a major leak of highly classified U.S. documents has cast a spotlight on a social-media outlet popularized by videogame enthusiasts.  On Discord Inc.’s online platform, users chat about games, investing and other topics in mostly private, invitation-only groups called servers. Like others in social media, the company has at times struggled to rein in bad actors.   A federal investigation into a major leak of highly classified U.S. documents has cast a…

This week, the New York Times reported that a tranche of classified material had leaked to the web. The documents, which were purported to involve the Pentagon and NATO’s military stratagems to assist the Ukrainians in their war with the Russians, were found on Twitter and the chat app Telegram. Lower Drought Conditions In California | Extreme EarthOn Thursday, the Defense Department told the Gray Lady that it’s in the process of investigating how the apparently secret plans had ended up splashed across newsfeeds.Before…

The fear and trepidation over accidentally letting a secret slip is also hammered into lawmakers’ intelligence staffers, who handle the classified material as further protection against absent-minded members of Congress. To get a security clearance, these staffers undergo purposefully intimidating, invasive, and multi-stepped background checks conducted by either the Pentagon or FBI, and sometimes both. Even after being cleared, new hires are forbidden to start until they sign a nondisclosure agreement—effectively sealing…

WASHINGTON —  The discovery of classified documents at the homes of President Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence can offer an important lesson for the country. Unfortunately, it’s not the lesson Washington combatants have initially focused on.“ just shows carelessness, negligence,” Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska declared in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” daily program after the Pence documents were discovered. Bacon called for the appointment of yet another special counsel, this one to…

Last Updated: January 25, 2023, 18:51 ISTThe number of passengers travelling in the Indian Railways is the same as the total population of Australia According to the official website of Indian Railways, if the speed of a train in both up and down directions is 55 kilometres per hour on broad gauge and 45 kilometres per hour on medium line, then the train can be called a superfast express.The Indian Railways is one of the largest rail networks in the world and the largest in Asia. Every day, the number of passengers…

FP StaffJan 16, 2023 20:27:06 ISTElon Musk’s SpaceX launched a triple-core Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center to launch two classified satellites for the US Space Force. Reports suggest that the satellites in question will boost a military communications satellite in space. SpaceX launched two satellites for the US Space Force on their Falcon Heavy rocket. Later this week, they will also launch a Falcon 9 rocket, to launch 51 Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit. Image Credit: Space.com The…

Tomorrow will see the fifth launch of SpaceX’s heavy-lift vehicle, the Falcon Heavy. Performing a classified launch for the US military, the rocket will take off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in a mission called USSF-67. The launch had originally been scheduled for today, Saturday, January 14, but was pushed back by one day with no reason given. The launch is now scheduled for 5:56 p.m. ET (2:56 p.m. PT) on Sunday, January 15. If you’d like to watch along at home, we have the…