Minecraft player jailed for 15 years after leaking military secrets

War Thunderplayers have got some stiff competition, as oneMinecraftplayer has just been jailed for leaking classified American military secrets online.

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Ironically, Teixeria discovered all of this classified info during his time as a cyber defence operations journeyman at the Otis Air National Guard Base.

Don’t forget there’s a Minecraft film on the way. Or maybe you do want to forget. It is nightmare fuel.

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According to Iain Thomson’s deep dive into the recently published court documents, the classified documents detailed “US and NATO plans for supporting Ukraine, information on UK and US personnel helping out the Ukrainians, and details of a Chinese drone program”.

Yeah, starting to understand how this guy was dumb enough to think he could get away with this in the first place.

One of the prosecutors involved stated that “Teixeira caused exceptionally grave damage to the national security of the United States. The scope of his betrayal is breathtaking. The amount of damage he caused is immeasurable."

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Here’s hoping Teixeria spends his stint in prison doing something worthwhile with his time. Maybe they’ll let him recreate hisMinecraftvillage using some LEGO or something.

Topics:Minecraft,Microsoft,Mojang