GTA 6 Leaker Cyberleek Charges $165,000 Just to Discuss Ads on Future Leaks
The 400 XMR contact payment only guarantees a reply through Session within 24 hours, not a confirmed advertising slot or leaked footage.
Cyberleek, the leaker behind recent GTA 6 footage, is asking potential advertisers to send 400 XMR—roughly $165,450 at the conversion cited—before it will even begin discussing ad placements on future leaks.
The payment does not secure a specific ad slot or guarantee new footage. Cyberleek says the transfer only guarantees that someone from the group will contact the buyer through Session, a private messaging service, within 24 hours.
Cyberleek is selling access to a private ad discussion
Cyberleek’s newly public contact page presents the arrangement as community support and “strategic partnerships,” while specifically saying it is not a ransom. The page directs interested parties to generate Session contact details and save a recovery password before presenting the 400 XMR payment as a donation or contact fee.
The advertised options include premium placements such as video watermarks, along with custom gameplay footage tailored to specific brands. Pricing, terms, and deliverables are handled privately in the chat. Earlier clips have already included logos, but the upfront payment still buys a response rather than a finished advertising agreement, a confirmed placement, or any particular leak.
The group is also offering custom gameplay footage tailored to brands seeking sexual content. Its stated advertising terms allow gambling and adult material but reject scams, while the page says the arrangement is not intended to stop publishers from taking action.
Cyberleek’s videos have attracted hundreds of millions of views across social media, giving the proposed advertising space a large potential audience. Rockstar Games has also been removing the leaked clips and targeting accounts that spread them, so a sponsored video could collect major attention or disappear before an advertiser gets much value from it.
Rockstar’s official look at GTA 6 is scheduled for August 27
Rockstar has not officially released gameplay footage through its own channels. The next formal presentation, Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look, is scheduled for August 27, 2026. It will premiere for Netflix subscribers at 3 p.m. ET before reaching the official Rockstar Games YouTube channel and the Grand Theft Auto VI website at 9 p.m. ET, as covered in our scheduled extended look report.
That presentation could give fans a cleaner view of the game than the rough footage circulating online. Reactions to the leaks have been mixed: some viewers felt the realistic clips did not match their expectations, while others said the footage pushed them toward pre-ordering. Many have also argued that Cyberleek’s videos show an older build without the final game’s key features and visual polish.
The first leaks were followed by a reported drop of around $2 billion in Take-Two Interactive’s stock value on August 18. Take-Two has since issued federal subpoenas to Discord and Microsoft in an effort to obtain information that could help identify Cyberleek.
Cyberleek has also used cryptocurrency QR codes in earlier clips to promote a memecoin and has framed the leak campaign as a protest against an increasingly digital future for video games. The stated demands include ending digital pre-orders, avoiding what Cyberleek calls “fake” single-player DLC, and preserving the single-player experience.
Making the contact details public is a curious choice given that Take-Two recently subpoenaed Microsoft and Discord for information that could help identify the anonymous leaker. Cyberleek is still openly seeking money for promotional access to future material instead of reducing its public presence.
For now, the clearest promise attached to the $165,000 fee is a private reply. Whether any advertiser would pay that much for the chance to discuss ads on leaked GTA 6 footage is another question entirely.
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Grand Theft Auto VI
Developed by Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet.
- Genre Shooter, Racing, Adventure
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5
- Perspective First person, Third person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release November 19, 2026
- Publisher Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive
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