Take-Two has narrowed its hunt for the people behind the GTA 6 leaks down to two specific Discord accounts. The company has gone back to court with a fresh subpoena aimed at those users, and this time it wants the whole thing kept out of public view. The footage is already scattered across the internet, but the legal effort to name the individuals who released it is still very much active.
Quick answer: Take-Two identified one additional Discord user and gathered more identifying details on a user it had already flagged, then filed a new, sealed Discord subpoena on 28th August 2026. A judge has not yet approved keeping it sealed, and the subpoena has not been issued. The company withdrew its earlier YouTube demand as the investigation shifted.
What the sealed Discord subpoena targets
This is the second subpoena Take-Two has pointed at Discord over the leaks. The new filing states that the company has identified one additional Discord user and obtained further identifying information for a user it had already singled out, along with more targeted requests tied to the community services named in its earlier demand.
The targets themselves are fully redacted in the paperwork, a sign of the narrower focus compared with the sweeping first request. Take-Two justified sealing the document as a way to stop the suspects from being tipped off. If they knew the accounts were being pursued, the company argued, they could wipe evidence before anyone could act on it.
Note: as of the filing, a judge had not yet ruled on the request to keep the material sealed. If that request is denied, the “highly sensitive, confidential information” inside could become visible.
How this differs from the first round of subpoenas
The original legal push, filed on 20th August 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, went wide. It targeted Microsoft, Discord, and X, seeking records tied to accounts involved in posting and sharing the leaked footage. That included user IDs, registration emails, phone numbers, registration and last-login IP addresses, linked Google and Xbox connections, device identifiers, and OneDrive content referencing Grand Theft Auto, Rockstar, or Cyberleek. It also cited a GitHub repository, owned by Microsoft, where leaked material appeared. Microsoft and Discord were given a compliance deadline of 4th September 2026.
That first Discord demand drew criticism for its scale, since it reached across servers where hundreds of thousands of users had circulated the clips. The new filing swaps that broad sweep for a focused, redacted, and sealed request.
| Detail | First subpoenas | New Discord subpoena |
|---|---|---|
| Filed | 20 Aug 2026 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Targets | Microsoft, Discord, X | Discord users (redacted) |
| Scope | Broad, many accounts and servers | Narrow, specific individuals |
| Visibility | Public | Requested sealed |
| Compliance deadline | 4 Sep 2026 | Not yet issued |
The Cyberleek timeline
A group calling itself Cyberleek began dropping what looked like genuine GTA 6 gameplay on 18th August 2026. The clips kept coming for roughly a week, showing robberies, open-world activity, side content, and story spoilers involving Lucia, before stopping on 26th August, a day ahead of Rockstar’s official Netflix showcase.
Money was tangled up in the whole thing. Cyberleek charged crypto for individual drops and reportedly walked away with somewhere between $200,000 and $270,000 through a memecoin scheme before going quiet.
| Date (2026) | Event |
|---|---|
| 18 Aug | Cyberleek starts posting gameplay clips |
| 20 Aug | Take-Two files first subpoenas (Microsoft, Discord, X) |
| 26 Aug | Leaks stop; Rockstar issues a public statement |
| 27 Aug | Netflix “An Extended Look” premieres |
| 28 Aug | Take-Two files the sealed Discord subpoena |
| 4 Sep | Compliance deadline for the first subpoenas |
What it means for GTA 6 and the release date
Naming the leakers won’t pull the footage back. The clips have been reuploaded far and wide, and the game’s momentum hasn’t slowed. Pre-orders jumped nearly 600% on PlayStation after the official reveal, and the Netflix showcase reached 31.1 million views in its first four days.
The official presentation also made clear how little the leaks actually showed. Rockstar was able to reveal far more when it chose to, from cars and character customization to the fuller feature set, leaving the scattered clips looking like small fragments of the finished picture.
For anyone waiting to play, none of this changes the plan. GTA 6 is still on track for its 19th November 2026 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, and the legal fight over the leaks is running on a separate track from the game itself.
