Social media has recently been hit with yet another batch of classified US documents. Sources who have seen them say that the materials concern Ukraine, China, and the Middle East, and the leak includes over 100 documents. According to The New York Times, American intelligence considers this a nightmare for the Five Eyes, an intelligence alliance between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain, and the United States. The new documents were discovered on Twitter and other sites a day following another leak also revealed classified material on Ukraine’s preparations for a counteroffensive. Among the leaked documents is a slide dated February 23 with a Secret/NoForn label, indicating its ban on transferring to other countries. A map of the battles in Bakhmut has been spread on an anonymous 4chan forum, and the leak also includes “slides from secret briefings on Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific War Theatre, the Middle East, and terrorism.” Former senior Pentagon official Mick Mulroy views the leak as a “significant security breach,” and he notes that social media has been used to disseminate photographs of the documents, raising concerns regarding anyone who may have “wanted to damage the efforts of Ukraine, the United States, and NATO.” In commenting on the leak, the press secretary of President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said Moscow had no doubts regarding the direct or indirect involvement of the US and NATO in the conflict. Meanwhile, Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, dismissed the leak as a “virtual pseudo-drain.” Leonid Uvarchev reports on this from an undisclosed location.
Another batch of classified US documents has surfaced on social media. The materials concern Ukraine, China and the Middle East, sources said. The New York Times. We are talking regarding more than 100 documents. According to the newspaper, American intelligence considers this a nightmare for the Five Eyes, an intelligence alliance between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain and the United States.
The new documents were discovered on Twitter and other sites a day following another leak of classified material regarding Ukraine’s preparations for a counteroffensive. One slide dated February 23 contains the Secret/NoForn label, which indicates a ban on transferring the document to other countries. On an anonymous 4chan forum, they distributed a map of the battles in Bakhmut (Artemovsk). The leak also includes “slides from secret briefings on Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific War Theatre, the Middle East and terrorism.”
Former senior Pentagon official Mick Mulroy said the leak represents a “significant security breach.” He drew attention to the fact that photographs of documents are distributed in social networks. According to the analyst, this may indicate that it was made by someone who “wanted to damage the efforts of Ukraine, the United States and NATO.”
The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the leak, said that Moscow had no doubts regarding the direct or indirect involvement of the United States and NATO in the conflict. Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, called the leak a “virtual pseudo-drain”.
This recent leak of classified US documents has once once more highlighted the dangers of sensitive information falling into the wrong hands. The fact that these documents were discovered on social media platforms once once more raises questions regarding the security measures in place to protect classified materials. While the full extent of the damage caused by this leak is yet to be seen, it is clear that steps must be taken to prevent similar breaches in the future. With tensions already high between various nations, the release of such information can only serve to further complicate matters. It is imperative that all parties involved take swift action to address this issue and ensure the safety of sensitive materials.
