Where there is interest there are scammers… (It’s easy to remove the redaction, so do it yourself.)
Hackers Unredact Epstein Files — What You Need To Know
There is tremendous public interest in the Epstein files. But be careful. Davey Winder of Forbes reports:
Updated December 25 with warnings about malware associated with some Epstein Files distributions, as well as recommendations on how to prevent people from accessing redacted information in PDFs after documents from the official Department of Justice Epstein Files dump were unredacted using a well-known and straightforward hack.
The Department of Justice released a total of 11,034 documents on Monday, Dec 22, as part of the latest Epstein files dump. As expected, many of these were heavily redacted before publication. Perhaps more surprisingly, however, is the fact that some of these documents were quickly hacked to reveal the hidden information contained within.
Brian Krassenstein, political commentator and journalist, tweeted the day the DOJ released the latest batch of Epstein files, providing the evidence in a series of posts that showed the highly redacted documents as well as the unredacted versions, and explaining precisely how the Epstein files could be hacked.
While it is common to read about hackers using PDFs in attacks, the portable document format is susceptible to attack itself. The shocking truth is that it was ridiculously easy, employing straightforward methods that have been known for years.
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Danger, Will Robinson!
Beware Unofficial Distributions Of The Epstein Files
With the inevitable online furore over certain documents from the Epstein files being unredacted via the PDF layers removal hack, especially on social media platforms such as X, it is equally inevitable that unofficial archives will spring up, allowing people to download the unredacted versions. Anyone thinking of doing so should, however, take care and be very sure of the trustworthiness of the source before opening any such documents. As reported November 17, 2025, security specialists at Black Trace Analytics were able to review earlier files related to Epstein that had been made available online, and discovered that several variations of them “were laced with malware.” Threat actors will always exploit an opportunity to distribute malicious content, and the Epstein files is certainly that. I would recommend, therefore, going straight to the source of the redacted documents.
Read more at Forbes.
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