Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files held by FBI, source and documents show
TL;DR
A foreign hacker breached FBI files on Jeffrey Epstein in 2023, accessing a server at the New York Field Office. The FBI calls it an isolated cyber incident, with the intrusion likely by a cybercriminal, not a government.
Source: Reuters
A foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI’s investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a break-in at the bureau’s New York Field Office three years ago, according to a source familiar with the matter and recently published Justice Department documents reviewed by Reuters. The details of who accessed a server at the FBI’s New York Field Office are being reported by Reuters for the first time. In a statement, the FBI said what it described as a "cyber incident" was "an isolated one." "The FBI restricted access to the malicious actor and rectified the network. The investigation remains ongoing, so we do not have further comments to provide at this time." The source said the intrusion appeared to have been carried out by a cybercriminal rather than a foreign government. Full Story