Jeffrey Epstein Had a ‘Personal Hacker,’ Informant Claims
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Source: Wired (Security)January 31, 2026
Summary
According to a DOJ document released in 2017, an FBI informant claimed that Jeffrey Epstein had a 'personal hacker' who specialized in finding vulnerabilities (weaknesses that attackers can exploit) in Apple iOS, BlackBerry, and Firefox, and allegedly developed and sold offensive hacking tools and exploits (code that takes advantage of these weaknesses) to multiple countries and organizations. The document does not identify the alleged hacker or confirm whether the FBI verified these claims.
Classification
Attack SophisticationModerate
Original source: https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-jeffrey-epstein-had-a-personal-hacker-informant-claims/
First tracked: February 12, 2026 at 02:20 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%