Take-Two Interactive has escalated its efforts to stamp out unauthorized leaks surrounding its highly anticipated title, filing requests in federal court for subpoenas targeting Microsoft and Discord. The legal filings arrive more than three months ahead of the game’s scheduled release and target an alleged hacker group known as CyberLeek, which claims to have accessed a playable build of the upcoming open-world project.
The legal action, submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday, utilizes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to compel both tech companies to hand over identifying data. According to the court documents, the protected property spans audiovisual content, artwork, images, dialogue, and other creative elements.
Grand Theft Auto 6 is slated to launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S and X consoles on Nov. 19. Ahead of the formal release, Rockstar Games and Netflix plan to debut an exclusive extended look on Aug. 27, which will subsequently be distributed across YouTube and other digital platforms.
Subpoena Demands Target Microsoft and Discord Infrastructure
The court documents outline extensive demands directed at both platforms where the alleged copyright infringement took place. According to Take-Two’s filing regarding Microsoft, unauthorized material tied to the project was hosted on Microsoft’s GitHub developer platform. Concurrently, the DMCA subpoena aimed at Discord claims that infringing assets were shared across various accounts within specific Discord servers.
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Take-Two’s subpoena to Discord requests comprehensive telemetry, message logs, IP access logs, email addresses, phone numbers, connected accounts, registration timestamps, and device identifiers for user accounts associated with specific community servers and channels since June 1, 2026. For Microsoft—which owns both GitHub and Xbox—the publisher requested internal business records and investigative files linked to the “cyberleek” persona, alongside account data and OneDrive cloud content related to Rockstar, Grand Theft Auto, or the hacker moniker. Both corporations have been instructed to deliver the requested documentation by Sept. 4 at 10 a.m. EDT.
A Discord spokesperson stated, “Discord sometimes receives subpoenas related to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). We review and comply with valid subpoenas when we receive them, as is standard and routine for companies like ours,” according to Variety. Representatives for Microsoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Community Fallout and Financial Context
As legal pressure mounts, the online fallout surrounding the security breach continues to unfold. Armchair investigators within the gaming community have spent the week combing through digital footprints, uncovering cryptocurrency ties that allegedly generated over $30,000 in trading fees within 24 hours of the initial leak deployment. The hackers behind the distribution have asserted various grievances against Rockstar, including dissatisfaction with the game’s digital-only release strategy.
Despite the disruption caused by the leaked footage, commercial momentum for the title remains strong. During an earnings call with analysts on Aug. 7, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick reported that the title experienced an exceptional start to preorders during the five days they were open within the quarter, though specific sales figures were withheld.
As the legal deadline approaches for Microsoft and Discord to fulfill the court-ordered data handover, Rockstar has not publicly verified the authenticity of the leaked clips or issued broader commentary regarding the breach beyond the federal filings.
