Massive trove of FBI ‘Epstein investigation’ data compromised in ‘cyber intrusion’: report

A staggering 500 terabytes of FBI data – including data that pertained to the agency’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein – appears to have been compromised in 2023 in a “cyber intrusion,” according to a newly unearthed file released by the Justice Department last month.

The file in question appears to be a sworn statement issued in 2024 by FBI Special Agent Aaron Spivack, who in a report documented what he described as a “potential hack” into the FBI’s office in New York.

“We noticed strange IP activity that took place yesterday from two IP addresses,” Spivack wrote in the sworn statement. “The activity included combing through certain files pertaining to the Epstein investigation.”

Later in the 64-page report, Spivack wrote that “500 terabytes of data” had been lost as a result of the cyber intrusion. His agency did manage to recover “about 400 terabytes of that data," however, ultimately resulting in 100 terabytes of data being lost.

The revelation that the FBI’s New York office was hacked – and its data on investigations into Epstein compromised – appears to have first been reported by French outlet Marianne, and later by Headline USA on Friday.

The alleged hacking incident would have occurred under the Biden administration. Previously, under the Trump administration, the FBI appeared to have issued a “stand down” order to New York Police Department investigators regarding their criminal probe into Epstein just five days after he was arrested in 2019.

The DOJ has already admitted that it’s in possession of at least 2.5 million more files on Epstein, files that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has said will not be released. Of the files that have been released, the DOJ has faced scrutiny for what critics say have been unlawful redactions, and for allegedly withholding files entirely, including files that document serious allegations against President Donald Trump.