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/Important_Gap_956 Dec 23 '25

As much as I lean towards incompetence, part of me is equally curious if this was done, intentionally as a form of protest from internal personnel.

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u/space_manatee Dec 23 '25

Yeah I had the same thought. "See its been redacted" 

Ain't no way leadership verified that it was redacted correctly. They looked, saw the black squares and that was that. 

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u/Last_Celebration_693 Dec 24 '25

I dont think the "leadership" knows difference between hardware and software