Take-Two Subpoenas 3 Platforms Over GTA 6 Leaks as CyberLeek Threatens Daily Posts
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Updated · GamesIndustry.biz · Aug 24
Take-Two Subpoenas 3 Platforms Over GTA 6 Leaks as CyberLeek Threatens Daily Posts
3 articles · Updated · GamesIndustry.biz · Aug 24
Summary
Take-Two asked a New York federal court to force Microsoft, Discord and X to hand over records tied to accounts that posted or shared Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks.
The August 20 filing seeks user identities, linked OneDrive and Xbox accounts, IP addresses, phone numbers, device telemetry and Microsoft records from an internal probe into the "CyberLeek" persona.
Microsoft and Discord were ordered to produce documents by September 4; Discord said it will comply with valid subpoenas, and Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet said Microsoft is working with Take-Two and Rockstar.
CyberLeek began posting apparent GTA 6 footage and details daily last week and has threatened more releases ahead of Rockstar's Netflix showcase on August 28.
The leak fight lands less than three months before GTA 6 launches on November 19, as Take-Two ramps up what CEO Strauss Zelnick has called an early phase of the marketing campaign.