A 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard intelligence division have been identified as the alleged leaker of top secret Pentagon documents.

Jack Teixeira, the leader of the Thug Shaker Central chat group on Discord, was named by the New York Times as the man behind one of the biggest breaches of national security in the past decade. The interior of Teixeira’s home in Bristol, Massachusetts, matched photos from confidential files about U.S. intelligence and the war in Ukraine that have been shared on forums since late last year, the report said.

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The FBI wants to question Teixeira nowwhose mother, Dawn, confirmed that he is an active member who works from a base on Cape Cod and works more night shifts. The revelation comes after President Joe Biden said on the third day of his trip to Ireland that investigators were getting “closer to finding the source”.

Biden said so too was not “concerned” about the exchange of documents that threatened to jeopardize US assets around the world because the information is not “contemporary”. The intelligence in the files contains information that suggests so Ukraine will soon run out of artillery and could endanger US intelligence sources around the world.

Dozens of teens and young adults are believed to make up the group where those files were released and have been described as “like-minded” individuals. Two members of the chat room described the suspect to The Washington Post Wednesday night.

“He’s in shape. He’s strong. He’s armed. He’s trained. Pretty much everything you’d expect from some crazy movie,” said one of the members. During an intense search for the source of the leaks, reported The Washington Post said they had seen videos and photos of the man, as well as recordings of his interactions with members of the group.

The New York Times reported that they were able to match Texiera online with other members of the group through their gaming profiles. (yo)