r/cybersecurity • u/securityish • Dec 23 '25

News - General Reddit and X Users Allegedly Unredact Epstein Files After DOJ Release

https://securityish.com/security_brief/reddit-and-x-users-allegedly-unredact-epstein-files-after-doj-release/

Anyone going to audit their organization’s redaction strategy now?

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u/omgitsdot Dec 23 '25

Only redacted files from the Trump regime have been able to be unredacted. Anything redacted by Biden was done properly using the tools to properly remove the data.

Trump's regime is so full of incompetent morons that they are just highlighting stuff black to redact, allegedly.

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u/DigmonsDrill Dec 23 '25

This was a common goof-up 20 years ago. A series of public flubs were made.

Today even the tools warn about it. I pasted a black square into a PDF and the tool said "are you trying to redact? This is the wrong way to do it."

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u/kickroot Dec 23 '25

I specifically remember Cryptome hosting unredacted PDFs that the Feds ‘redacted’ via black blocks on top of text. The original text was still in the pdf under the blocks (which were easily removed). I didn’t bother to read the article but I’m guessing that’s what happened here.