This week's arrest of a 21-year-old Guardsman who posted military secrets to Discord, an online forum popular with gamers, highlighted the Pentagon's long-time concern that such sites could be used for espionage.
FILE - A gamer plays Electronic Arts' "Apex Legends" in Jersey City, N.J., on March 6, 2019. The enthusiasm military personnel have for gaming, and the risk that carries is in the spotlight after Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, was charged with illegally taking and posting highly classified material on Discord, a social media platform that started as a hangout for gamers.
WASHINGTON — Step into a U.S. military recreation hall at a base almost anywhere in the world and you’re bound to see it: young troops immersed in the world of online games, using government-funded gaming machines or their own consoles. The enthusiasm military personnel have for gaming — and the risk that carries — is in the spotlight after
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