Joint insider threat office among Pentagons solutions to Discord leaks

Published: July 7, 2023, 1:46 p.m.

The Defense Department is moving to improve oversight of personnel with access to classified information, appoint \u201ctop secret control officers\u201d and establish a joint office for insider threats after a junior Air National Guardsman allegedly leaked troves of highly classified data on the Discord website.\nThe new actions are laid out in\xa0a June 30 memo\xa0signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. They are based on a 45-day review Austin\xa0ordered in April\xa0after 21-year-old Jack Teixeira was arrested for being the alleged perpetrator of the leaks.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices