Overview
- Epic filed a federal complaint on March 5 in the Eastern District of North Carolina identifying Hayden Cohen—an Associate Producer contracted via a staffing agency—as the operator of the AdiraFN/AdiraFNInfo leaks accounts.
- Cohen is accused of signing an NDA on September 11, 2025, then disclosing unreleased Fortnite collaboration details on X and Discord in January and February 2026.
- The filing cites examples including a South Park crossover revealed two days early and a Solo Leveling tie-in surfaced more than a month before its official announcement.
- Epic seeks damages, a permanent injunction, and the return or destruction of confidential materials, alleging trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and violations of North Carolina unfair competition law.
- Epic says it sent a cease-and-desist on February 20 and later cut system access; the AdiraFNInfo account with roughly 13,000 followers was deactivated, and the complaint includes social media screenshots as evidence.