Zero-Days and “Trunks of Cash”: The Unsealed FBI Files Alleging Jeffrey Epstein’s Personal Hacker

The United States Department of Justice has disseminated a nascent cache of materials pertaining to the Jeffrey Epstein litigation, among which lies a document harboring startling allegations regarding a potential cyber-clandestine dimension to his inner circle. These papers, unsealed under the mandatory disclosure protocols for investigative archives, contain intelligence procured from a confidential informant.

According to the dossier, an informant apprised the FBI in 2017 that Epstein purportedly retained a personal hacker. While the individual’s identity remains redacted, the materials delineate several specific characteristics: the operative is described as an Italian expatriate hailing from the Calabria region. It is further alleged that his expertise was focused on the exploitation of vulnerabilities within iOS, BlackBerry devices, and the Firefox browser.

Furthermore, the document asserts that this specialist was engaged in the craftsmanship of zero-day exploits and sophisticated instrumentation for offensive cyber operations. Such developments were allegedly brokered to various sovereign states, including a nation in Central Africa, as well as the United Kingdom and the United States. Perhaps most inflammatory is the accusation that a zero-day vulnerability was transacted to Hezbollah, with the remuneration purportedly rendered in liquid currency.

The materials emphasize that these revelations are predicated exclusively upon the informant’s testimony and have not been corroborated directly by judicial inquiry. The veracity of these claims remains unverified, and representatives from the FBI have declined to offer commentary regarding the contents of the disclosed file. Similarly, the Department of Justice has remained unresponsive to subsequent journalistic inquiries.

Concurrently, the Department announced the release of an additional 3.5 million pages from the Epstein investigative corpus. This expansive archival installment encompasses over 2,000 video recordings and approximately 180,000 images, a significant portion of which are presented with extensive redactions and obfuscations.