Discord app
Popular messenger with gamers
Thug Shaker
Central
Wow Mao
zone
Discord group with a focus on guns, racist memes and gaming
Group affiliated with the YouTuber wow_mao
Date unknown Suspect reportedly leaks hundreds of classified documents to the group, as early as Jan 2023
1 March A teenage user named Lucca starts posting 30+ documents from Thug Shaker Central into Wow Mao zone
300+
30+
4chan website
Extremist
online forum
4chan/pol/
Minecraft Earth
Map
Notorious political discussion imageboard
Group focused on the popular video game
5 April User posts a map on a thread in a debate about the Russia-Ukraine conflict
1 March Around 10 documents posted into another server, with caption “here have some leaked documents”
3
10
Telegram app
Encrypted messenger
Social media site
DonbassDevushka
Various accounts
Pro-Russia channel
5 April Documents appear on a pro-Russia channel. Some have been doctored
5 April Documents begin to appear on Twitter, Biden administration attempts to get posts taken down
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Discord app
Popular with gamers
Thug Shaker Central
Wow Mao zone
Minecraft Earth Map
Discord group with a focus on guns, racist memes and gaming
Group affiliated with the YouTuber wow_mao
Group focused on the popular video game
Date unknown Suspect reportedly leaks hundreds of classified documents to the group, as early as Jan 2023
1 March A teenage user named Lucca starts posting 30+ documents from Thug Shaker Central into Wow Mao zone
4 March Around 10 documents posted into another server, with caption “here have some leaked documents”
300+
30+
10
4chan website
Extremist online forum
Telegram app
Encrypted instant messaging tool
Social media site
4chan/pol/
DonbassDevushka
Various accounts
Notorious political discussion imageboard
Pro-Russia channel
5 April User posts a map on a thread in a debate about the Russia-Ukraine conflict
5 April Documents appear on a pro-Russia channel. Some have been doctored
5 April Documents begin to appear on Twitter, Biden administration attempts to get posts taken down
3
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