Take-Two Interactive has initiated legal action targeting tech platforms Microsoft and Discord to uncover the identities of the individuals responsible for recently leaked Grand Theft Auto 6 materials.
According to legal filings made on August 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the parent company of Rockstar Games is seeking court-ordered disclosures citing copyright infringement of creative assets, including video, artwork, audio, and script elements. In sworn court declarations, Take-Two stated that the requested information will be utilized solely to protect its legal rights and identify the alleged infringers.
The subpoena directed at Microsoft requests all internal records and investigative documentation connected to an online entity operating under the moniker "Cyberleek." Microsoft has been given until September 4 to supply records that could identify the individual or group behind the name. The request also covers any relevant Grand Theft Auto or Rockstar assets stored across Microsoft's OneDrive services.
Simultaneously, Take-Two has targeted Discord, demanding identifying data for users belonging to specific servers active between June 1 and the present. The requested records include account IDs, email addresses, registration and recent login IP addresses, phone numbers, linked device identifiers, and connected profiles such as Xbox or Google accounts.
One of the Discord servers highlighted in the court filing belongs to Australian video game streamer Matthew Judge, known online as DarkViperAU. Judge expressed confusion over his channel's inclusion in the filing, clarifying on social media that Rockstar has not reached out to him directly and that he has no personal involvement with the breach.
Neither Take-Two Interactive nor Rockstar Games has released a formal public statement regarding the ongoing investigation.
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