Discord says it hasn't been served a subpoena as Take-Two hunts the GTA 6 leaker
Discord says it has not yet been served with a subpoena from Take-Two Interactive, despite reports that the publisher filed court orders demanding the chat platform hand over user data connected to the Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks.
Ryan K. Rigney, Discord's marketing director, said on August 24, 2026 that the company had not been served and would evaluate the validity and scope of any subpoena before responding. Discord repeated that position on its official X account. The statement came days after multiple outlets reported that Take-Two had filed subpoenas in federal court targeting both Discord and Microsoft, seeking records that could identify the person or group behind a string of GTA 6 leaks (Video Games Chronicle, CNET).
A group calling itself "Cyberleek" began posting apparently authentic Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay clips roughly a week before the reporting, days ahead of an official Netflix reveal of the game. According to Video Games Chronicle, the person behind the handle was sharing confidential clips and materials in exchange for promotion of a cryptocurrency.
Take-Two, the parent company of GTA developer Rockstar Games, responded with both legal action and takedown notices. It issued DMCA notices — formal requests under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that platforms remove copyrighted material — to platforms hosting the leaked videos. It also filed subpoenas asking a federal court to compel Discord and Microsoft to produce records tied to the Cyberleek group, including a GitHub repository connected to the investigation (Kotaku, Mashable).
The subpoena directed at Discord, as described in reporting, is sweeping in its scope. It asks the platform to share identifying information for user accounts that communicated with listed Discord servers. The requested data includes account IDs, registration emails, registration and last-login IP addresses, phone numbers, linked connections, associated device identifiers, and content related to GTA, Rockstar, or Cyberleek stored in the user's OneDrive account — Microsoft's cloud storage service (Video Games Chronicle).
Discord's denial creates a gap between what Take-Two has filed and what the platform says it has received. A subpoena filed in court and a subpoena actually served to a company are distinct steps in the legal process. Discord's public stance is that it cannot act on an order it has not been formally given.
For fans, the leaks themselves offered an unauthorised early look at one of the most anticipated games in the industry. Grand Theft Auto 6 does not yet have a publicly confirmed release date. The footage attributed to Cyberleek appeared to be genuine, according to reporting, which would make it among the most significant unauthorised disclosures for a Rockstar title since the 2022 hack that exposed early GTA 6 development material.
Take-Two's legal pursuit signals the publisher's intent to identify the source of the leaks, not simply remove the clips. Whether the subpoenas ultimately yield identifying information depends on the platforms' cooperation — and, in Discord's case, on the subpoena actually arriving.
