The report says a hacker infiltrated the FBI and accessed Epstein’s files

An unidentified foreign hacker broke into the FBI’s New York field office in 2023 and compromised files related to the bureau’s investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to Reuters.

The agency cited a source familiar with the hack, as well as court documents, and said the hack exploited a server in a forensic child exploitation laboratory at the FBI’s New York field office, which an FBI special agent working on the case had inadvertently left vulnerable. The breach “included the combing of certain files related to the Epstein investigation,” the court document said.

An FBI spokesman said the investigation is ongoing. “Following the 2023 cyber incident, the FBI contained the affected network and determined the incident was isolated. The FBI restricted access to the malicious actor and patched the network,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement to TechCrunch.

A source told Reuters that the hacker did not realize they had broken into the FBI until agents asked them to join a video call where they showed their credentials to the hacker.