"Epic filed a legal complaint against Cohen on Thursday in the Eastern District of North Carolina. According to the company, Cohen signed an NDA on September 11, 2025, but proceeded to publicly share confidential information in January and February. According to Epic's court filing, '[Cohen]'s leaks were only possible because he abused the access he was granted to this information as part of his work for Epic and willfully disregarded his obligations to keep the information confidential.'"
"Epic alleges that the leaks, which were made possible through insider access, included reveals of then-unannounced collaborations with South Park and Solo Leveling. When Epic identified Cohen, the company sent him a cease and desist on February 20, 2026. Epic claims that, as of Thursday, Cohen has 'failed to fully comply' with Epic's demands."
"Other popular leakers like Shiina and HypeX are not facing legal consequences from Epic because they get their information through data mining, which is a legal practice. Epic claims, '[The information leaked by Cohen] could not have been obtained through any legitimate means and was not otherwise available to the public (such as through data mining public builds of for unreleased content).'"
Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Hayden Cohen, an Associate Producer who operated the leaker account AdiraFNInfo, for violating his NDA by publicly sharing trade secrets. Cohen signed the NDA in September 2025 but leaked confidential information in January and February 2026, including details about unreleased collaborations with South Park and Solo Leveling. Epic sent a cease and desist on February 20, 2026, claiming Cohen failed to comply with demands to stop. The AdiraFNInfo account had over 13,000 followers before deactivation. Epic distinguishes this case from other leakers like Shiina and HypeX, who obtain information through legal data mining rather than insider access.
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