On August 20, Take-Two filed subpoena petitions in the Southern District Court of New York targeting Microsoft and Discord, using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's subpoena mechanism rather than suing either company directly. Kotaku and Dexerto both reported the filings on August 21. The process lets a rights holder demand identifying data from a platform without first filing a lawsuit against it, and Take-Two used it to pursue records it believes could help identify the person or group behind the Cyberleek leaks.
The demands sent to Microsoft include internal investigation records Microsoft has compiled on the Cyberleek persona, along with account identifiers, registration email addresses, login IP addresses, phone numbers, linked Xbox and Google accounts, device telemetry data, and any relevant OneDrive files. The Discord subpoena covers identifying information for all accounts in servers tied to the handles CYBERLEEK, CINEMATICROCKSTAR, and Surfer24k, spanning activity from June 1, 2026 to the present. The filing also references a prior GitHub DMCA takedown notice and earlier Discord requests, putting the scope of Take-Two's investigation across at least four platforms.
The subpoenas landed while Cyberleek was still posting. A sixth clip appeared on August 21, showing Jason stealing a hypercar and driving through Vice City's highways, with a police detection popup triggering as the crime registers, per Game Rant. The clip carries a watermark reading 'CYBERLEEK CAN'T DRIVE,' a callback to community mockery of the leaker's play style in earlier footage. Take-Two's September 4 response deadline for Microsoft and Discord falls six days after the Netflix Extended Look premieres on August 27.