Take-Two has taken its GTA 6 leak response to federal court. On August 20, the publisher asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to issue two DMCA subpoenas aimed at Microsoft and Discord, seeking records that could help identify the person or group using the CyberLeek name. The Microsoft filing and Discord filing are requests to the court clerk, not a verdict about who leaked the game.

That distinction matters. Take-Two has not publicly confirmed the authenticity of the leaked footage, Rockstar has not named a suspect, and Microsoft and Discord are not being accused of stealing GTA 6. The filings are an attempt to find out who is behind the accounts and repositories where the material appeared.

What Take-Two actually filed

The two documents ask the clerk to issue subpoenas under Section 512(h) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Take-Two says the material posted online includes copyrighted audiovisual content, artwork, images, dialogue, and other creative elements from Grand Theft Auto VI. The company’s lawyers also submitted a sworn statement saying the information would be used to identify alleged infringers and protect Take-Two’s rights, not to investigate Microsoft or Discord as the source.

In plain English, this is an information-gathering step. A subpoena can require a platform to preserve or produce account information, but it does not decide whether the people connected to those accounts broke the law. It also does not mean a judge has already accepted every claim in the filing.

Jason and Lucia appear together in official Grand Theft Auto VI artwork released by Rockstar Games.
Rockstar has kept GTA 6’s official marketing focused on Jason and Lucia while the leak investigation moves through court. Image: Rockstar Games.

Why Microsoft is part of the request

Take-Two’s Microsoft request is tied to GitHub, which Microsoft owns. The filing identifies a GitHub repository where alleged GTA 6 material was posted and asks for records that could connect the repository or the CyberLeek persona to a real account. That can include registration information and records from Microsoft’s own investigation, but the filing does not say Microsoft participated in the leak. also links to the filing and quotes Microsoft’s Xbox chief technology officer saying the company is working with Take-Two and Rockstar to protect creative works.