Two Honkai: Star Rail leakers ordered to pay miHoYo 1 million yuan
miHoYo’s legal department announced a first-instance court ruling on October 28, 2026, ordering two people to pay a combined 1 million yuan over unreleased Honkai: Star Rail material. The ruling also requires them to stop disclosing confidential content and publish statements for 30 consecutive days. The available reporting does not say whether either defendant plans to appeal.
Two people accused of distributing unreleased Honkai: Star Rail material have been ordered to pay miHoYo 1 million yuan jointly, according to an October 28, 2026, announcement from the company’s legal department. The decision is a first-instance ruling, not a reported final resolution of the case.
The case concerns two different ways confidential game content reached the public: one defendant shared data and instructions for accessing it, while the other extracted and circulated character assets.
| Defendant | Conduct described in the case |
|---|---|
| Yang | Operated a Tencent community channel called “咖啡森林” (Coffee Forest), shared confidential Star Rail content data and showed others how to configure their games to access it. |
| Guo | Obtained confidential content data without authorization, then extracted and posted character models, abilities and gameplay footage online. |
The 1 million yuan is a joint payment, not a separate amount imposed on each defendant. Beyond compensation, both were ordered to stop conduct that breaches the confidentiality of miHoYo’s products and to publish statements on their Bilibili account pages and in videos on QQ channels for 30 consecutive days.
The available reporting does not specify how the payment will be divided between Yang and Guo, whether they have appealed, or the precise dates on which the required statements must appear. It also points to a separate Genshin Impact leaker case involving miHoYo in February 2026, though no comparable damages figure is provided for that case.
