In the website’s final word section of the manifesto, Cyberleek leaves a warning: “Publishers should beware. If CYBERLEEK can reach Rockstar, no one is safe. This is a message to all big corpo: behave, or be the next target.”
The leaks continued in the days that followed, arriving just ahead of Rockstar’s planned “Extended Look” reveal, scheduled to premiere on Netflix onAugust 27. Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar’s parent company, responded by filing Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown requests against posts sharing the footage of any leaks.
By far the most serious development, at least for gamers, came from signs that Cyberleek’s access may go far beyond a handful of stolen clips. Reporting by IGN has suggested the leaker likely has, or had, access to a full playable build of the game, rather than a limited cache of pre-recorded videos, raising the possibility that significantly more material could be revealed, potentially even content about the game’s ending.
The situation escalated legally on August 20, when Take-Two filed multiple federal subpoenas in the Southern District Court of New York, as reported first by Kotaku.
The legal order will target Microsoft and Discord, seeking records tied to the Cyberleek persona, including account details, IP addresses, linked devices, and identifying information for members of Discord servers connected to the leaks.
Take-Two has stated that the subpoenas are meant strictly “to obtain the identity of an alleged infringer or infringers” for the purpose of protecting its copyright. Both Microsoft and Discord have been given until September 4 to comply and produce the requested investigative records.
