I wonder if this will make other leakers more hesitant? Or maybe this leakers means of attaining information was just straight up risky
Probably not, but it should be seen as a lesson to all to not act so recklessly with confidential information. I think that's the biggest thing many don't seem to understand, that they have highly confidential information, trade secrets, that can have serious ramifications on the leaker, the source, and even the company. And why more veteran and experienced leakers have to tread around sensitive information and still be understandable to what game may be coming, and what it's about, etc., to keep themselves, and their source safe.
In recent years I've been seeing so many get fed up with the vagueness of plenty of leaks, wanting leakers to just spit out what they have, not realizing that this situation Sabi is in is exactly where that leads to. And plenty will even put more stock into a person who just comes out and says "this and this and this is coming" when it could be entirely wrong (it very often is), and put the more veteran leakers on blast if it contradicts. I saw it happen with Smash with Imran, and others, and I still see this type of stuff every so often.
