US Justice Department Releases Millions of Pages of Epstein Files; Informant Claimed Epstein Employed Hacker
The U.S. Justice Department released over three million pages of documents related to its investigation into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, January 30, 2026. The release was mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law enacted after public and political pressure to disclose government files related to Epstein, according to Euronews. Deputy US Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the department was resuming disclosures under the law intended to reveal what the government knew about Epstein's sexual abuse of young girls.
Among the released documents was information from a confidential informant who told the FBI in 2017 that Epstein had a "personal hacker," TechCrunch reported. The document did not identify the alleged hacker, but provided details about them. According to the informant, the hacker was Italian, born in Calabria, and specialized in finding vulnerabilities in iOS, BlackBerry devices, and the Firefox browser. The hacker allegedly developed zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools and sold them to several countries, including an unnamed central African government, the U.K., and the U.S.
In other news related to Epstein, Microsoft permanently banned him from its Xbox Live online gaming platform in December 2013, The Verge reported. Emails revealed that the initial suspension was due to "harassment, threats, and/or abuse of other players." However, a subsequent email from Microsoft on the same day indicated the ban was because Epstein was a registered sex offender.
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