Furthermore, the individual in question had previously worked for the company, and this isn’t the first time this week that someone has been prevented from leaking information.

Epic Games has officially sued its former subcontractor, AdiraFNInfo, marking a significant escalation in the industry-wide crackdown on leakers. Activision (or should we say Microsoft?) recently shut down GhostofHope, a Call of Duty leaker. Epic‘s legal action confirms that game companies are fed up with their confidential intellectual property and trade secrets being shared before official announcements.

“Today, we took legal action against a former contractor who repeatedly leaked confidential partner IP and trade secrets received while working with Epic. We absolutely do not allow this and will continue to take action when Epic team members share confidential information. It harms our partners and makes it harder to bring awesome IP to our games,” Epic Games wrote on Twitter.

Today we took legal action against a former contractor who repeatedly leaked confidential partner IP and trade secrets that they received while working with Epic. We absolutely do not allow this and will continue to take action when Epic team members share confidential info. It…

— Epic Games Newsroom (@EpicNewsroom) March 5, 2026

The tweet does not confirm the identity of the leaker or the former subcontractor, but the attached court document does. The filing includes screenshots of social media posts that revealed the collaboration content coming to Fortnite, including content from South Park and Solo Leveling. It’s not just publishers who are fed up with leakers; developers are too. Last year, before Leon’s appearance in Resident Evil: Requiem was confirmed, rumors about the classic character’s presence in the ninth installment circulated widely, creating expectations that developers sometimes find difficult to cope with and causing frustration.

Owners of early copies of the game who can’t keep quiet are similarly unpopular. At the end of February, Hideki Kamiya, creator of Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, made his feelings known regarding the Resident Evil Requiem leakers, saying that anyone who leaks and posts spoilers on the internet deserves a thousand deaths.

Source: WCCFTech, Epic Games