Stranger Things fans will have to wait until 2025 to witness the final season. However, there were reports on the internet that it could be leaked soon after a major security breach at Netflix.

Yesterday, Netflix had a security breach resulting in the leaks of many upcoming shows. Among the leaked content were future shows that are yet to premiere on Netflix.

Initially, episodes from Dandadan, Ranma ½ and Terminator Zero were streamed live by the hackers. Soon after the full episodes of Arcne season 2 also appeared online in just one day after the breach. Netflix has removed most of the links but still, they could be found on social media.

Apart from that five episodes of highly anticipated Riot Games were leaked ahead of its November release. The leaked shows include burnt-in time stamps, a “For Internal Use” watermark, and annotations for music and sound effects. This is a major disappointment for fans of animated series.

Is Stranger Things Season 5 Leaked?

Rumors are circulating that the first three episodes of Stranger Things will be leaked soon. Some users have claimed that the hackers have got the first three unfinished episodes that could be released later.

The rumors began when a user on 4chan claimed to have access to the first three episodes of Stranger Things and promised to upload them later. However, these claims could not be confirmed.

Netflix just had a big leak, I heard from people that the first 3 unfinished episodes might release later. Take it with a grain of salt we’ll see it ourself.#StrangerThings5 #StrangerThings #Netflix pic.twitter.com/0z9oSnD6ET

— Stranger Things News (@UpsideDownScoop) August 8, 2024

Later another person revealed that they have access to multiple shows but he did not specify if Stranger Things was among them.

However, another anonymous user from 4chan has clarified that Stranger Things was not part of the leaks. He revealed that only subtitles for the first three episodes were available on the hacked website. He wrote,

“Stranger Things was NOT a part of the website and there are NO COPIES of any ‘early versions’ of the episodes. There were only direct subtitles for former episodes in Indonesian, Thai, and Malay. Stranger Things Season 5 isn’t far enough into production to even be available on the site anyway.

Don’t believe everything you read here, there isn’t someone with 80K files from the site (that would take months to convert) and there are NO COPIES of Stranger Things available.”

This will come as a big relief for Netflix and Stranger Things fans. A leak would have spoiled the excitement that has been building for the final season.

Also if Stranger Things season 5 was leaked ahead of its premiere, Netflix might have to rewrite and reshoot the first three episodes. This would mean that the release date would be pushed even further.

Thankfully it seems that the leak is not gonna happen.