Hundreds or thousands of US military and government officials could have access to classified documents leaked online, The New York Times reports.
“Hundreds, if not thousands, of US military and other government officials have the security clearances necessary to access the documents,” a senior US official said.
The material indicates that thanks to the evidence left on the web, investigators can relatively quickly narrow the circle of suspects.
According to Javed Ali, a former senior counter-terrorism department official, the intelligence documents were first photographed and then posted online.
These documents were to be stored electronically on stand-alone computer systems that were not connected to the wider Internet. It is specified that they are located in secure areas where it is forbidden to bring electronic devices that can be used for photography, video or audio recording.
Ali noted that anyone involved in the production of these materials must have high-level access.
“While these protocols may help narrow the circle of people who may be responsible, it will still involve a major investigative process in which hundreds or thousands of people will need to be interviewed,” he said.
The day before, it was reported that secret Pentagon documents could enter the network via the Discord messenger.
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