Take-Two Interactive has filed a new GTA 6 leaker subpoena request, and for the first time it wants the filing kept sealed rather than public.
The request, made on 28 August, argues that Take-Two’s investigation into the leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 material is “rapidly evolving” and that disclosing the subpoena’s contents now would tip off the people it’s still trying to identify. Sealing a filing like this is unusual: it means the public record won’t show who Take-Two is asking Discord about, or why, until the case is resolved or a judge unseals it. That’s a shift from Take-Two’s earlier filings, which were public and broad enough to sweep in thousands of Discord users at once.
The publisher’s argument is practical rather than dramatic: if the remaining people it’s chasing can see exactly which accounts and servers are already in Take-Two’s sights, they have time to delete messages, switch handles or go quiet before a subpoena response arrives.
What this GTA 6 leaker subpoena actually asks for
The first round of subpoenas, sent to Discord and Microsoft shortly after the leaks began, sought “business records and investigative records associated with Microsoft’s internal investigation of the ‘cyberleek’ persona sufficient to identify the user(s),” along with detailed information on potentially thousands of users who had interacted with specific Discord servers. Subpoenas to X and YouTube followed, widening the net further. This latest filing goes the other way.
Take-Two says it has identified one additional Discord user, obtained further identifying information on a Discord user it had already named, and is now seeking more specific detail on the community servers it flagged in its earlier request. It has also withdrawn its subpoena request to YouTube, a sign that whatever leads it was chasing there either didn’t pan out or have been folded into the Discord side of the investigation. X and Microsoft remain part of the case, but this filing is Discord-only, and it’s the first one Take-Two has asked the court to seal rather than file in the open.
What’s changed since our last report
We covered Take-Two’s original subpoenas to Microsoft and Discord on 22 August, when the publisher was still casting a wide net for identifying details on thousands of accounts across multiple servers. A week later, the leaked footage that triggered all this was overtaken by an official release: Rockstar’s extended look debuted on Netflix, closing much of the gap between what leakers had already shown and what Take-Two was prepared to put out itself. The subpoena hunt hasn’t slowed down since. It’s narrowed from a dragnet to named accounts, and it’s now happening largely out of public view.
One detail from the earlier leaks has surfaced independently of the court filings. PC Gamer reports that the CyberLeek persona made off with more than $200,000 before disappearing, money collected from people paying for access to material that never materialised as promised. If the narrower subpoena succeeds in putting a name to that account, the sum becomes relevant well beyond a copyright dispute.
What to watch next: whether the court grants Take-Two’s request to seal this filing, and whether the newly identified Discord account and server data are enough to finally attach a real identity to CyberLeek rather than just another alias.
