NYTimes says that they discovered the CSAM on Friday and notified the DOJ on Saturday, and the DOJ was diligent in removing the files NYTimes had flagged.
NYTimes does not say that the material is in Dataset 9 specifically, but we observed that the DOJ was removing files from Dataset 9 on Saturday and not other datasets, so the server behavior would be consistent with CSAM in Dataset 9.
For those curious, here’s the NYTimes article where they report on the CSAM in the publicly-released files: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/nude-photos-epstein-files.html (behind paywall.)
NYTimes says that they discovered the CSAM on Friday and notified the DOJ on Saturday, and the DOJ was diligent in removing the files NYTimes had flagged.
NYTimes does not say that the material is in Dataset 9 specifically, but we observed that the DOJ was removing files from Dataset 9 on Saturday and not other datasets, so the server behavior would be consistent with CSAM in Dataset 9.