The leak is Part of the ongoing large-scale product news cycle, especially for companies like Apple. Online occupancy propagandists such as Jon Prosser and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman have long predicted the content of the upcoming Apple announcement and enjoy the next anonymous resources with anonymous resources within the company. They are often right and can be the real pain of Cupertino.
Now, Apple has seized the opportunity to oppose the leak. In a complaint filed in a U.S. federal court against the northern California region, Apple accused prominent leaker Jon Prosser of allegedly “breaking into Apple’s development of iPhones, stealing Apple’s trade secrets and profiting from theft.”
The lawsuit alleges that Prosser, a companion who made videos on the front page of YouTube channel, deliberately exploited an Apple employee named Ethan Lipnik, who was able to access the developer’s iPhone, which runs As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the As-Bar the Is the IOS, the software that will become iOS 26, the lawsuit said. Access the development phone and display details of unpublished software to prosser over video calls. Prosser allegedly used early viewing of the information that iOS got in iOS, and then released it on his YouTube channel before Apple officially announced the update.
The lawsuit also claims that Ramacciotti claims Prosser planned the entire plan and promised Ramacciotti that he would “find a way” [Mr. Ramacciotti] Get payment. ”
Prosser denied any misconduct and said the details of the lawsuit were incorrect. In public posts about X, Prosser insists that this is not the end of him.
Prosser wrote to me via direct information on X: “It is inaccurate to give the details of Apple.” I don’t know how to get the information. He never told me that he ‘need money’ and I absolutely didn’t direct him to take action. ”
Prosser does not deny that he does reveal the information collected by Ramacciotti. He highlighted details of the unreleased updates in a series of videos earlier this year, including what he called “the biggest iOS leak ever.”
Despite the question of how he actually got information, the consequences were still confusing. The company has been fired by the company by allegedly having access to Ramacciotti’s development phone. According to the complaint, Apple ended Lipnik’s work “failed to follow Apple policies designed to protect its confidential information, including development of devices and unreleased software and features.”
Apple did not respond to a request for comment. Ethan Lipnik also did not respond to a request for comment.
“This is a major lawsuit,” Anshel Sag, chief analyst at tech research firm Moor Insights & Strategy, said in an email. “But I also believe there is a big difference between what Proser said and what Apple says, especially because employees don’t seem to know what’s going on.”
The biggest question raised here is that, while data is taken from development devices that should be better protected, how to get the data and where that data comes from should be reviewed before details are put into the world, SAG said.
“Ultimately, every company will crack down on leaks, especially Apple, but that’s happening entirely in the United States, which has more power and laws to support its efforts,” SAG said. Many Apple leaks have historically come from sources outside the United States, such as manufacturing and supply chain partners from Asia. Since the complaint focuses on alleged events in California, Apple can argue in federal court that U.S. law (The Defence of Trade Secrets Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) was violated.
Proser said he didn’t even find information about the lawsuit until he read the macro story about the filing.
“I feel bad about Ethan being terminated,” Proser said. “I hope he’s already sharing what happened with Apple, and I hope Apple will contact me for more answers – I’ll be happy to chat with them.”
