Microsoft also sent a statement to video gaming news website Kotaku in order to clarify the fact that all Microsoft did was to suspend the Xbox Live accounts of the leakers, and stressed that the consoles were not bricked. In addition, Microsoft also mentioned that this “enforcement action” of theirs does not ultimately result in a bricked console, and the Xbox One will remain usable even when offline.
How did this happen in the first place, anyway? Word has it that one of the testers from the Global Beta Test Network decided to send a Snapchat screenshot of the game to a different tester, and the latter then sent this screenshot online which violated the non-disclosure agreements (NDA) with VMC Games. Hence, these two testers were removed from the project, and VMC then stepped in with legal action in line with the terms of their NDA.