Federal Subpoenas Target Microsoft and Discord After Playable GTA VI Leak

Take-Two Interactive has initiated federal legal proceedings in the Southern District of New York to unmask individuals behind an unauthorized dissemination of Grand Theft Auto VI development materials, targeting records held by Microsoft and Discord.

A GitHub repository operated under the “CyberLeek” persona hosted proprietary assets — copyrighted dialogue, artwork, and audiovisual content pulled directly from the unfinished title, according to the petition targeting Microsoft’s business records and internal investigative files.

Discord faces a parallel demand for complete identifying records tied to the accounts CYBERLEEK, CINEMATICROCKSTAR, and Surfer24k, plus servers including !Odyssey and a hub run by GTA V creator DarkViperAU. The request spans names, phone numbers, linked external accounts, and communication logs.

Video clips circulating after an August 18 breach showed the operator behind the Cyberleek moniker had accessed an active, working build of the game — a leak that outpaced standard takedown notices across social platforms and triggered the court action.

The breach landed days before Take-Two and Rockstar Games had scheduled an exclusive Netflix broadcast for August 27, intended as an extended look ahead of a planned November launch window.

The episode echoes a 2022 intrusion by a Lapsus$ member who extracted early footage using an Amazon Fire TV Stick. A British court ultimately issued an indefinite hospital order after finding the teenager unfit to stand trial, though evaluations noted an intent to resume unauthorized network intrusions.