Legal
Court approves Take-Two's subpoenas
Four days after the first leaked clips appeared, Take-Two had a court order. The filings are also the clearest confirmation anyone will get that the footage is genuine.
Short answer
What legal action has Take-Two taken over the GTA 6 leak?
Take-Two filed a DMCA subpoena on 20 August 2026 and won court approval on 22 August, in the Southern District of New York. The subpoenas require Microsoft and Discord to hand over information identifying accounts tied to the leak. Filing takedowns on the footage has the side effect of confirming it is genuine Rockstar material.
What was filed, and when
First clips appear
CyberLeek publishes gameplay footage and what appears to be the complete Leonida map, sourced from a playable 2025 development build.
Take-Two files a DMCA subpoena
The filing seeks “the identity of an alleged infringer or infringers.” Takedown notices go out in parallel.
A judge signs off
The Southern District of New York approves subpoenas requiring Microsoft and Discord to produce information tied to suspected accounts.
A DMCA subpoena is a narrow instrument. It does not require a lawsuit to be filed first, and it compels a service provider to disclose identifying information about an account — not to hand over content or take any action against the user. It is the standard first step when a rights holder knows what was taken but not who took it.
Why Microsoft and Discord
Neither company is accused of anything. They are named because they hold account records: Discord because leak communities organise there, and Microsoft because of the account infrastructure behind services the suspected accounts used.
The filings confirm the footage is real
ConfirmedThis is the part that matters for anyone reading the leaks. A company does not file DMCA takedowns over material it does not own. Take-Two's own legal action is the strongest available evidence that the CyberLeek footage is genuine Rockstar material. The full leak timeline →
What happened last time
The 2022 GTA 6 breach ended in a UK courtroom. Arion Kurtaj, a member of the Lapsus$ group, was found to have posted more than 90 clips of early GTA 6 footage. He was ruled unfit to stand trial and was indefinitely detained in a secure hospital in December 2023.
The 2026 case is different in one important way: the material is being monetised through a cryptocurrency token, which gives investigators a financial trail that the 2022 leak did not have. More on the coin →
Common questions
Short, direct answers. Each one links to the section above that explains it in full.
Has Take-Two sued anyone over the GTA 6 leak?#
Not yet. It has filed DMCA subpoenas, which compel service providers to identify account holders. A lawsuit would be a separate, later step.
Are Microsoft and Discord in trouble over the GTA 6 leak?#
No. Neither company is accused of wrongdoing. They were named because they hold account records that could identify the people behind the leak.
Does the leak prove the footage is real?#
Take-Two's DMCA filings are strong evidence that it is. A company does not file copyright takedowns over material it does not own.
Sources
Every claim on this page traces back to one of the following. Rockstar Games newswire posts and the official Extended Look are treated as primary; everything else is labelled in-line.