The Take-Two ‘GTA 6’ leak subpoena was filed in a US federal district court on Friday, 21 August 2026, compelling Microsoft and Discord to hand over records that could identify whoever is behind the Cyberleek leaks.
Both companies have until Friday, 4 September 2026 to comply, as reported by Kotaku.
Swisher Post first reported on the GTA 6 leaks on Thursday, 20 August 2026, when a group using the Cyberleek alias began drip-feeding stolen Grand Theft Auto VI footage and issuing demands to Rockstar Games.
What the Take-Two ‘GTA 6’ leak subpoena asks Microsoft for
A subpoena is a court-backed order to produce documents, not a request a company can decline out of politeness.
Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, is not suing either platform here; it is treating them as record keepers, because it still does not know who Cyberleek is.
The Microsoft request is the more revealing of the two. Take-Two is asking for records tied to an inquiry the platform has apparently already conducted, rather than raw account data it would have to sift itself.
The subpoena states that it seeks:
“business records and investigative records associated with Microsoft’s internal investigation of the ‘cyberleek’ persona sufficient to identify the user(s)”
Persona is the operative word there. Take-Two is chasing an identity behind an alias rather than a named defendant, which is why the wording stretches to cover more than one user.
Microsoft sits in the frame because it has already looked into the persona itself, and whatever logs, tickets or findings that produced would be the fastest route to a real name.
Why the Discord records matter in the ‘GTA 6’ leak inquiry
The Discord demand is wider, and that breadth is deliberate. Leak communities tend to organise on private servers, where the people passing files around leave a membership trail even when the uploader does not.
The Discord subpoena asks for:
“all identifying information associated with all user accounts that are/were members communicating with the Discord server(s)”
The legal hook is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the American copyright law that also powers the takedown notices Rockstar has been firing at reposted clips.
A rarely discussed part of the act lets a rights holder subpoena a service provider to identify alleged infringers, without first filing a lawsuit.
Where the Take-Two ‘GTA 6’ leak case goes now
Cyberleek’s framing has always been ideological. The alias arrived attached to a manifesto attacking digital pre-orders and paywalled or fake downloadable content, meaning the extra material studios sell after a game ships.
Less high-minded is the meme coin, a joke cryptocurrency the same account has been promoting off the back of the attention.
Microsoft and Discord now have until Friday, 4 September 2026 to respond, and neither has indicated publicly whether it will comply in full or push back on the scope.
If the records do surface a name, Take-Two’s next filing would be the lawsuit the subpoenas are quietly building towards.
