Foreign Hacker Compromised Epstein Files Held by the FBI in 2023

Recently published Justice Department documents and an inside source detailed a breach of the FBI's New York office by a foreign hacker who accessed documents from the Epstein investigation. The hack happened after a special agent at the New York office inadvertently left a server vulnerable while trying to manage the bureau's complex procedures for handling digital evidence. The hacker hadn't realized they had infiltrated a law enforcement server, expressed disgust at the materials, and threatened to send the documents to the FBI before being reassured that the server belonged to the FBI.