Take-Two's Legal Clampdown Takes GTA 6 Leak Site CyberLeek Offline
The website and Telegram channel behind a wave of Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks have been forced offline, as publisher Take-Two Interactive escalates its legal pursuit of whoever is behind them. The CyberLeek site is down, and the group's Telegram channel now displays a flat message: "This channel is unavailable due to copyright infringement" (Eurogamer).
Take-Two — the parent company of Rockstar Games, the developer of Grand Theft Auto VI — filed subpoenas in a US federal court targeting Microsoft and Discord, seeking account data that could identify the CyberLeek persona (Variety; Kotaku). Both companies have until 4 September to hand over the relevant information.
The leaks themselves were eye-catching. Footage showed co-protagonist Jason driving a supercar through Vice City and shooting the word "leek" into a wall, suggesting the person behind the leak had playable access to an unreleased game. A full map of the game also surfaced online, along with additional gameplay footage (IGN).
CyberLeek framed the operation as a campaign for gamers' rights. The reality was more complicated: the group ran a cryptocurrency scheme centred on a $CYBERLEEK meme coin, and wanted people to buy the coin to vote on which video leaks to release next.
Not everyone agrees on who did what. Some Reddit users have insisted CyberLeek never operated a Telegram channel, arguing that any activity on the platform was the work of impersonators reposting genuine leaks.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has said he is not concerned that the legal battle could affect Grand Theft Auto 6 sales. There is reason for that confidence: when pre-orders opened in late August 2025, the game immediately became a top seller on the PlayStation Store worldwide. GTA 6 is scheduled for release on 19 November 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
For a publisher guarding one of the most anticipated games in years, going after leakers is standard procedure rather than an escalation. What is unusual here is the tangle behind the leaks — a rights-claiming front for a crypto coin, contested ownership of the channel itself, and now two of the biggest tech platforms in the world compelled by court order to help unmask whoever was behind it.
