The GTA 6 leak saga has quietly turned into a legal one. Take-Two, Rockstar's parent company, is going through the courts to unmask the anonymous leaker known as CyberLeek, who spent about five days dropping GTA 6 gameplay footage online and, by most accounts, hasn't stopped.
What's actually happening
Kotaku reported that on August 20 Take-Two petitioned the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for DMCA subpoenas against Microsoft and Discord, and the court granted them. TorrentFreak then reported the net widening to X and Google's YouTube. The subpoenas compel those companies to hand over records that could identify whoever is behind the account.
There's an awkward wrinkle here. TorrentFreak points out that the DMCA takedown Take-Two sent to X effectively confirms the leaked footage is the real thing, because you can't claim copyright infringement over something that isn't yours. So in chasing the leaker, Rockstar has more or less verified the leaks.
Where it stands
As of the latest reporting, CyberLeek still hasn't been identified, and there were claims the leaker responded to the court news with, of all things, more leaks. Whether the subpoenas actually surface a name depends on what those platforms hold and how much of it survives a fight.
One thing worth saying plainly: there is no playable GTA 6 build floating around. Anything advertising a downloadable version is malware wearing a nice hat. The game is still set for November 19, and watching leaked footage of an unfinished build is a good way to spoil a game you're presumably excited about.
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