Named by the media as the purported source of US intelligence leaks
US officials have identified Jack Teixeira as the suspect in the leak of extremely private US defense and intelligence information, according to CBS News.
The owner of the online gaming chat group where the recently released files were found, according to a previous New York Times investigation, shared the same identity.
He is a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s intelligence branch, according to the newspaper.
In its report, Mr. Teixeira was not named as the purported leaker.
According to one of the online group members who was interviewed by The New York Times, he had known the person who leaked the information for at least three years.
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