The Pentagon leaks: how did US security files end up on Discord? –podcast

Earlier this year, hundreds of top secret Pentagon documents were posted on the social media platform Discord. Manisha Ganguly and Julian Borger report

The US authorities are investigating the leak of hundreds of secret US defence documents, some of which related to the war in Ukraine.

The Guardian's investigations correspondent, Manisha Ganguly, tells Hannah Moore how these documents migrated between different websites before being picked up by the press. Julian Borger, the Guardian's world affairs editor, explains what we learned from the leak and how the US authorities have responded.