The head of Gaijin Entertainment urged War Thunder players not to publish secret data
On the War Thunder forum, information about weapons from different countries, including France and the United States, was published several times. The developer attributed this to the desire of the players to improve the characteristics of the equipment. Such messages are immediately deleted, he assured
At least six leaks of secret documents with the technical characteristics of military equipment used by different countries have been recorded on the War Thunder game forum, Anton Yudintsev, CEO of Gaijin Entertainment, told Axios.
War Thunder is a multiplayer game with elements of land, air, and sea military equipment simulator. According to the data on the game's website, users have access to samples of the times of wars and conflicts from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day - real-life models of aircraft, attack helicopters, ground equipment, and ships. The game was released in 2012, and a year later the number of players exceeded 3 million.
Gaijin Entertainment was founded in 2002 in Russia. The company's headquarters is located in Budapest.
Developers never read the contents of such documents, and moderators immediately delete such messages, Yudintsev assured. “We will never use sensitive data or restricted information in our work. This is illegal and pointless as we have no way of determining whether these "secret documents" are genuine," he said.
According to Yudintsev, “Players are very passionate about War Thunder and military vehicles, sometimes even too much,” and they want authenticity. For example, if someone is using a French Army Leclerc tank in a game, they would typically "want to convince the development team to improve the tank's performance by providing some documents," Gaijin Entertainment's CEO said. He urged users not to publish secret data.
Axios notes that War Thunder fans have been posting classified material relating to British, French, Chinese, and American weapon systems since mid-2021. So, one of the users posted on the forum the instruction manual for the Leclerc tank; he claimed to have previously driven the car himself. One of the latest leaks occurred in January of this year when classified information about the American F-16 fighter was published.
According to Axios, the motivation of users who want to improve the performance of military equipment is different from the actions of Jack Teixeira, a member of the US Air National Guard, accused of leaking Pentagon intelligence. Teixeira "shared information about active hostilities almost in real-time," the newspaper writes. As The New York Times reported the day before, the young man began posting secret data in a chat group on the Discord messenger, popular with gamers, less than 48 hours after Russia sent troops to Ukraine in February 2022. The documents dealt with the losses of both sides of the conflict, the activities of the Russian intelligence services, and the assistance provided to Ukraine. Teixeira claimed that this was information from the US National Security Agency, the CIA, and other agencies.
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Teixeira was detained on April 13 and charged under two articles of the espionage law - receiving and transmitting information about national defense and obtaining secret documents.
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