Judges Grant 3 Subpoenas in GTA VI Leak Hunt as Take-Two Targets Discord Server Data
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Updated · CyberScoop · Aug 25
Judges Grant 3 Subpoenas in GTA VI Leak Hunt as Take-Two Targets Discord Server Data
3 articles · Updated · CyberScoop · Aug 25
Summary
Federal judges approved DMCA subpoenas for Discord, Microsoft and X, letting Take-Two seek identities tied to leaked GTA VI footage; a parallel request to Google was still unapproved Monday.
Take-Two moved after eight straight days of leaks, with footage appearing a week before Rockstar planned a major reveal and investigators suspecting either insider access or a direct breach of sensitive systems.
Discord is the broadest target: Take-Two sought device identifiers, login records and cloud-storage contents for CyberLeek, two other users and members of three servers dating back to June, alarming security experts.
Researchers say CyberLeek's anti-corporate manifesto clashes with crypto-wallet links, a memecoin and offers to sell ad space, pointing to a monetized extortion model rather than pure hacktivism.
The stakes are unusually high because GTA V has sold more than 230 million copies and generated over $11 billion, while analysts project GTA VI could make $3.3 billion to $5.2 billion in its launch week.