Epic Video games is suing a significant Fortnite leaker who, it seems, really labored for the corporate. Hayden Cohen, identified on-line as AdiraFN or AdiraFNInfo, was contracted by Epic to work on initiatives as an Affiliate Producer. Epic claims that Cohen violated his NDA by leaking “commerce secrets and techniques.”
Epic filed a authorized criticism towards Cohen on Thursday within the Japanese District of North Carolina. In response to the corporate, Cohen signed an NDA on September 11, 2025, however proceeded to publicly share confidential info in January and February. In response to Epic’s courtroom submitting, “[Cohen]’s leaks have been solely attainable as a result of he abused the entry he was granted to this info as a part of his work for Epic and willfully disregarded his obligations to maintain the knowledge confidential.”
The AdiraFNInfo X account had greater than 13,000 followers earlier than it was deactivated. In response to a Reddit person’s screenshot of Cohen’s LinkedIn earlier than it was taken down, Cohen beforehand labored for a number of different main corporations, together with American Specific, AMC, Peacock, and NBC Sports activities.
Epic alleges that the leaks, which have been made attainable by means of insider entry, included reveals of then-unannounced collaborations with South Park and Solo Leveling.
When Epic recognized Cohen, the corporate despatched him a stop and desist on February 20, 2026. Epic claims that, as of Thursday, Cohen has “failed to totally comply” with Epic’s calls for.
Different fashionable Fortnite leakers like Shiina and HypeX aren’t going through authorized penalties from Epic as a result of they get their info by means of knowledge mining, which is a authorized apply. Epic claims, “[The information leaked by Cohen] couldn’t have been obtained by means of any reputable means and was not in any other case accessible to the general public (equivalent to by means of knowledge mining public builds of Fortnite for unreleased content material). [Cohen] leaked Epic’s confidential commerce secret info that was accessible to him solely as a result of he labored on initiatives for Epic, and his corresponding entry to Epic’s inner methods and channels.”
Was all of it value it, simply so individuals may discover out about Fortnite collabs a day early? That’s for Cohen to reckon with now.
