Numerous gamers use Discord as their preferred communication method and the Minecraft Discord server has one of the biggest user bases of all. Recently, the specific Discord server came into the limelight as Pentagon’s top-secret intelligence documents became publicly available on the server.
From the Minecraft Discord server, the documents started spreading across different social media platforms. According to an open-source intelligence research firm that monitors the Pentagon leaks, the documents were first discovered on a Minecraft Discord server before they were shared on Twitter and Telegram.
We don’t know who is behind this; we don’t know what the motive is. We don’t know what else might be out there.
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According to the intelligence research firm, the origins of the incident trace back to a minor disagreement on the Minecraft Earth Map server between two individuals regarding Minecraft maps and the conflict in Ukraine. Following the altercation, the Discord user proceeded to share the confidential documents on the server.
What’s Inside the Top-Secret Documents?
Near about 50 highly classified documents became publicly available after the leak. Apparently, the documents cover intelligence from the US military as well as the CIA. The documents comprise a detailed analysis of the Ukrainian force’s strength across different locations and details of air defenses and military equipment.
In addition, the leaked documents contain a daily intelligence report that is provided to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen, as well as top-secret information that includes Mark Milley and CIA reports on leaders of Israel’s Mossad spy service. The documents also contain intelligence regarding discussions within the South Korean government about sales of artillery ammunition to Kyiv.
Furthermore, the leaked documents contain details of intercepted conversations within allied governments, including communications among the leaders of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service and discussions among members of South Korea’s national security council.
Most importantly, the documents also show that US spies are actively working inside the Russian Government and that the CIA is extracting plans made by Russian intelligence. Now it makes sense why Russian President Vladimir Putin reshuffled the top government officials recently.
Additionally, it has been disclosed that Ukrainian officials have been urging the United States and NATO allies to accelerate the delivery of Western-made air-defense systems and provide them with Western-made jet fighters. According to the leaked documents, Ukraine’s diminishing supply of antiaircraft missiles could enable Russia to attain air supremacy over Ukrainian airspace as soon as May.
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The FBI and Justice Department have already started an investigation focusing on officials with access to that documents. For now, both the person who leaked the documents and the reason behind leaking those documents are still unknown.
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