Discord says it hasn't been served Take-Two's GTA VI leak subpoena yet
A judge approved Take-Two's request for data on Discord users tied to the GTA VI leaks, but Discord says the subpoena hasn't reached it. When it does, the company will check its validity and scope first.
Discord has not yet received the subpoena Take-Two obtained over the GTA VI leaks. Discord marketing director Ryan K. Rigney said so on X yesterday, adding that the company will look at the order before handing anything over:
I can share an update on this: Discord has not yet been served with a subpoena from Take-Two. When we do, we'll evaluate the validity and scope before responding.
On Friday, Andrew L. Carter Jr., a judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, granted Take-Two's request to subpoena Discord for identifying information on users it believes are connected to the leaks. A second subpoena, aimed at Microsoft, was also approved. As Eurogamer points out, getting a subpoena approved and serving it are two separate steps, and a company doesn't have to respond until it has been formally served.
The request is broad. According to the filing, as reported by Eurogamer, Take-Two wants registration emails, registration and last-login IP addresses, phone numbers, linked connections and device identifiers for "all user accounts that are/were members" of several Discord servers since June 1. The named servers include Ødyssey.gg, "! Odyssey" and the editors' server of DarkViperAU (Matthew Judge), the Australian GTA creator. Judge has denied any wrongdoing. IGN reports that the subpoenas cite alleged DMCA infringement and that Take-Two is after the "CyberLeek" account, which allegedly posted the leaks.
That breadth is what the privacy group Reclaim The Net objects to. It says one of the servers has more than 107,000 members and argues the requests go after whole communities rather than the people who uploaded the material. GamesRadar+ notes that some replies under Rigney's post took the opposite view and objected to Discord considering user privacy at all.
Microsoft sounds more cooperative. Take-Two wants OneDrive data, since some of the leaks were hosted there, plus the Xbox accounts linked to users' Discord accounts. Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet wrote on X: "We are working closely with Take-Two and Rockstar Games to support efforts to protect creative works and intellectual property." IGN says it is unclear whether Microsoft has been served, though court documents suggest it had already started its own investigation into CyberLeek. A subpoena for Twitter/X has not been signed off yet.
The leaked clips, according to Eurogamer, show a carjacking mechanic, a six-star Wanted system, night driving, NPC behaviour and police chases, and the full map also appears to be out. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier reported on Friday that Rockstar had not identified the leaker, and a person familiar with the plans told him the leak won't change the Netflix extended look planned for this week. None of that is official. Rockstar and Take-Two have not commented.
The deadline in Take-Two's request for Discord and Microsoft to produce the data is September 4.
