<ul><li>Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for leaking classified documents on Discord.</li><li>Teixeira shared the documents on a Discord server dedicated to the game Minecraft, and the leak included information about Ukrainian and Russian troop movements and military equipment.</li><li>He was arrested by the FBI in April of last year and had initially agreed to a plea deal that included a 16-year prison sentence.</li><li>Teixeira's defense claimed bullying as a factor, but the judge dismissed those claims and cited that other members connected to Teixeira had already been disciplined by the Air Force.</li></ul>

Discord leaker Jack Teixeira gets 15-year sentence for sharing classified documents

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