Leak of Classified Documents Poses ‘Very Serious Risk’ to Security, Pentagon Says

Washington does not hide its concern. The apparent leak of classified US documents raises “a very serious risk for national security” of the United States, estimated the American Department of Defense, Monday, April 10. The fact that these documents circulate online “can potentially fuel misinformation”according to the Pentagon.

“We are continuing to investigate how this happened, as well as the extent of the problem. Steps have been taken to further analyze how this type of information was distributed and to whom”, added a spokesman for the ministry. A steady stream of photographs of classified documents have been discovered on Twitter, Telegram, Discord and other sites in recent days, although some may have circulated online for weeks before attracting media attention.

The Pentagon spokesman declined to comment on their authenticity, saying a ministry team was working to determine whether or not they were, but noted that the photos released appeared to contain sensitive information. “Photos appear to show documents in a format similar to that used to provide daily updates to our senior Ukraine and Russia-related operations, as well as other intelligence updates”he said, but some “seems to have been modified”. At least one of the documents seems to have been altered to suggest that Ukraine suffered greater losses than Russia, when the supposed original said the opposite.