Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, there were four photos of top-secret U.S. intelligence reports floating around the dark corners of Russian messaging app, Telegram. Aric Toler, a freelance reporter and master detective, discovered that a ton of similar documents were also being shared elsewhere, but he couldn’t find the original source. Like a determined bloodhound, Aric searched high and low, but no luck – until he got a tip that changed the game.

After much turmoil, Aric received a message from a mysterious figure claiming that the same juicy secrets could be found on an app called Discord. But this time, the secrets weren’t shared on a spy channel, they were on a gaming channel! Yes, folks, a channel dedicated to Minecraft maps. With his investigative skills and sharp wit, Aric went down the rabbit hole and found ten scandalous documents.

After confronting the host of the Minecraft mania Discord chat, Aric discovered that he wasn’t the one who leaked the documents. The host was as terrified as a chicken in a KFC kitchen, but he was willing to spill the beans. According to him, he had received the documents from a chat group called wow_mao on Discord where a user named Lucca had posted over 100 leaked materials. At last, the plot thickens.

With his newfound knowledge, Aric decided to live-tweet the remaining process, and voila! He got a message from a secret agent (not really) telling him that Lucca was in another chat group called Thug Shaker Central! Who knew that such a thing existed? If only Nancy Drew had been around, she would be shaking in her boots.

From what he heard, hundreds of secret documents found their way to Thug Shaker Central. That was until it vanished! Yes, folks, the chat group was deleted by its users when the cat was let out of the bag. Oh, the drama, the suspense, the thrill of the chase!

Serious News: nytimes