War Thunder has leaked restricted military documents AGAIN for the third time in a month. This time it's the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicoptor. User BarteG98PL posted the "fully unclassified"
  • BallShapedMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    511·
    1 year ago

    Between War Thunder and Eve Online I have no idea which game I’ve never played has given me more entertainment? This is fantastic!

  • theotherone@kbin.social
    31·
    1 year ago

    At this point, if you don’t have a dedicated intelligence officer camped out there, you’re not really trying. Gotta be careful though; they could turn them!

    • Delphia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      Next week on War Thunder.

      "THATS NOT HOW THE NSA DOES THINGS AT ALL! See right here, paragraph 4 of subsection E on the surveillance of public internet forums, it states that under no circumstances should a federal employee disclose their identity, status or security clearance as a federal even if confronted with conclusive proof!

      And I should know, Ive been a senior analyst for 10 years!"

      • SocsaEnglish
        43·
        1 year ago

        This legitimately gets covered in security briefings. If you imply you know secret shit online, Intel agents will try to troll info out of you. It’s just a newer version of the old spy strategy of going to bars near sensitive sites and listening for drunk employees bragging about their access. Then the spy just goes “yeah right you are so full of shit” and a shocking number of people will just start spilling.

        Like, a person bragging about access is basically already violating security protocols and is basically 3/4 of the way to a leak.

        • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.socialEnglish
          13·
          1 year ago

          This actually makes me wonder if some of these might be intentional. Like, if spy agencies know that warthunder has a reputation for these kinds of leaks, and know rival agencies will look at leaked documents posted to communities for it, why not pose as a fool bragging about knowing secret stuff and leak intentionally fake documents about the capabilities of your equipment, to mislead whoever might be watching?

          • SocsaEnglish
            61·
            1 year ago

            This is 100% happening

            • Delphia@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              1 year ago

              A family friend worked for “the government” and “pushed papers” only answers I ever heard him give in 25 years of knowing him. I ran into him after he retired and I asked him if they gave him a big sendoff and he just said “My department doesnt do get togethers” and I wondered if he was hinting at something so I said “Glad to be done ‘pushing papers?’” really leaning on the last 2 words And he smiled “I am, but I did push some really interesting papers in my time though”

              And thats the closest I ever got to finding out what that cagey old bastard really did for “the government”

  • AliLunaCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I’ve never played War Thunder, but from reputation alone I feel like it’d be way more notable/surprising if War Thunder didn’t have any military documents leaked in a while

  • SirNuke@kbin.social
    5·
    1 year ago

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