Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files held by FBI, source and documents show

"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." Although the source said the intrusion appeared to have been carried out by a cybercriminal rather than a foreign government, the incident underscoresthe files' potential intelligence value, one academic said.