Take-Two Interactive has started the legal hunt for whoever is behind the flood of Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks. As first reported by Kotaku and picked up by multiple outlets, the Rockstar parent company has filed subpoenas in a federal district court demanding that Microsoft and Discord hand over records that could identify the person or people responsible.
What the subpoenas ask for
The subpoena, filed with the Southern District Court of New York on August 20, cites "copyrighted material" that "includes but is not limited to audiovisual content, artwork, images, dialogue, or other creative elements." Take-Two says it has submitted a sworn declaration confirming the DMCA subpoena is meant "to obtain the identity of an alleged infringer or infringers," and that the information will only be used to protect the company's rights.
From Microsoft, Take-Two is seeking business and investigative records tied to its internal investigation of the "cyberleek" persona, enough to identify the users behind it. According to Eurogamer, that includes account IDs, registration emails, IP addresses, phone numbers, and linked Xbox and Google accounts, along with any Grand Theft Auto or Rockstar related content stored on OneDrive.
From Discord, the publisher wants identifying information for all accounts that were members of a specific list of servers between June 1 and now. Eurogamer reports those servers include ones tied to handles such as CyberLeek, CinematicRockstar, Surfer24K, Odyssey, and DarkViperAU. Both companies have until September 4, roughly two weeks, to produce the data.
The DarkViperAU connection
One of the named Discord servers reportedly belongs to Australian GTA YouTuber and streamer Matthew Judge, who goes by DarkViperAU. He responded publicly with some confusion, noting he had repeatedly joked that the leaker "can't drive," a line that later appeared in the leaked clips. "Rockstar hasn't emailed me, I suspect if they thought I knew something personally they would do so," Judge wrote, per Rock Paper Shotgun.
The leaks themselves have kept coming. Eurogamer notes the campaign reached a seventh video, with the latest showing co-protagonist Jason driving a supercar through Vice City. An earlier clip showed Jason shooting the word "leek" into a wall, which many took as a sign of actual playable access to a GTA 6 build. Cyberleek has framed the leaks as being in the name of gamers' rights, but Eurogamer points to a cryptocurrency angle involving a $CYBERLEEK meme coin, with Polygon reporting evidence suggesting personal gain.
The stakes
PC Gamer notes Take-Two's market cap took a roughly $2.8 billion hit after the leaks, though the outlet points out that is modest against a total market cap near $45 billion, and the share price has largely recovered. Take-Two and Rockstar have not commented publicly on the leaks or the legal action.
For anyone tracking Grand Theft Auto 6, the practical takeaway is unchanged: steer clear of the leaked clips and, especially, any files claiming to be a playable build. The game itself remains on the way, and Take-Two is clearly willing to spend heavily to control how it gets revealed. Expect the identity question around Cyberleek to move quickly now that Microsoft and Discord are on the clock.
