Apple sues YouTuber Jon Prosser and an Apple staffer's friend over iOS 26 leaks, for allegedly accessing the staffer's iPhone; Prosser denies the claim
here's what to expect from Apple's next big iPhone update The Economic Times : Apple sues YouTuber Jon Prosser over iOS 26 leaks Jose Enrico / Tech Times : Apple Sues YouTuber Jon Prosser Over Alleged iOS 26 Leak, Trade Secrets Theft Bukola Oyeyemi / TechCity : Apple Sues Leaker Jon Prosser Over Alleged iOS 26 Trade Secret Theft Financial Express : Apple sues YouTuber for allegedly planting spy at employee's home to leak iOS 26 details United States District Court Northern District of California : Apple Inc., Plaintiff v. Michael Ramacciotti and Jon Prosser, Defendants Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26's new “Liquid Glass” software redesign Moneycontrol : Apple sues YouTuber over iOS 26 leaks, alleges theft of trade secrets Boone Ashworth / Wired : Apple Sues the YouTuber Who Leaked iOS 26 Nellius Irene / Cryptopolitan : Apple sues YouTuber for leaking unreleased iPhone update details Stephen Robles : When Choosing Your Niche, Best Not to Choose Leaks Ali Salman / Wccftech : Apple Files Lawsuit Against Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leaks, Claims He Plotted With Friends To Steal Trade Secrets From A Development iPhone … Blake Brittain / Reuters : Apple sues YouTuber over leaked details of unreleased iPhone update Alan Velasco / HotHardware : Apple Slaps iOS 26 Leaker With Lawsuit Alleging Brazen Theft Of Trade Secrets Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Apple Sues Jon Prosser and Michael Ramacciotti for a ‘Coordinated Scheme’ to Leak iOS 26 Redesign Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register : YouTuber leaked iOS secrets via friend spying on dev's phone, Apple lawsuit claims Alex Perry / Mashable : Apple sues noted leaker Jon Prosser for allegedly compromising iOS 26 secrets Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : Apple drags Jon Prosser to court over iOS 26 leaks Henry Chandonnet / Business Insider : Apple sues YouTuber over iOS 26 leak, says he had a friend unlock an employee's phone Dylan Horetski / Dexerto : Apple sues Tech YouTuber for allegedly leaking “trade secrets” before iOS 26 reveal Chris Hauk / iDrop News : Jon Prosser Sued by Apple Over iOS 26 Leaks Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Apple sues leaker Jon Prosser over alleged iOS 26 trade secret and iPhone breach Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Here's the ‘mouthy’ video for which Apple sued leaker Jon Prosser Jibin Joseph / PCMag : Apple Sues YouTuber Jon Prosser Over ‘Brazen and Egregious’ iOS 26 Leaks John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Apple Sues Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leaks Steve Vegvari / iPhone in Canada : Apples Sues Jon Prosser for Alleged Theft of iOS 26 Leaks David Price / Macworld : Apple sues high-profile leaker over ‘coordinated scheme’ to steal iOS secrets Ashish Singh / Digit : Apple files lawsuit against YouTuber Jon Prosser for leaking iOS 26 features Rajat Saini / The Mac Observer : Apple Sues YouTuber Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leak, Citing Trade Secret Theft Ronil Thakkar / KnowTechie : Apple sues YouTuber/leaker Jon Prosser over iOS 26 leaks Kris Holt / Engadget : Apple sues leaker Jon Prosser for allegedly stealing iOS 26 info from an employee Josh Render / Tom's Guide : Apple sues YouTuber Jon Prosser for allegedly stealing iOS 26 secrets Yoni Heisler / BGR : Apple sues iPhone leaker for revealing iOS 26 secrets Jack Purcher / Patently Apple : Apple has Filed a Lawsuit against Leaker Jon Prosser titled “Misappropriation of Trade Secrets under the Trade Secrets Act” Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac : Apple sues Jon Prosser for his iOS 26 YouTube leaks, Prosser responds MacDailyNews : Apple sues leaker Jon Prosser, accuses him of stealing iOS 26 trade secrets Alan Friedman / PhoneArena : Apple sues Jon Prosser for allegedly breaking into a developmental iPhone to steal trade secrets William Gallagher / AppleInsider : Apple sues Jon Prosser over iOS 26 leaks Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : Apple Sues YouTuber Jon Prosser Over Alleged iOS 26 Leak Involving Secret iPhone Access, FaceTime Footage And Trade Secrets Theft Adamya Sharma / Android Authority : iSnitched? Apple sues YouTuber over elaborate iOS 26 leak plot Rajesh Pandey / Cult of Mac : Apple sues leaker behind iOS 26 sneak peek Tom Sykes / The Apple Post : Apple sues YouTuber Jon Prosser over iOS 26 leaks Anshuman Jain / Beebom : Jon Prosser's Mouthy iOS 26 Leaks Land Him a Lawsuit from Apple Tyler Lee / Android Headlines : Apple Takes Legal Action Against Jon Prosser for Leaking iOS 26 iClarified : Apple Sues Jon Prosser for Plot to Steal iOS 26 From Secret Development iPhone Eshu Marneedi : Jon Prosser, Famed Apple Leaker, Sued by Apple for IP Theft Dwayne Cubbins / TechIssuesToday.com : YouTuber Jon Prosser wants to talk to Apple after being sued over iOS 26 info leaks Bluesky: Ernie Smith / @ernie.tedium.co : I read through the Prosser suit. If the situation occurred as is reported, Ethan Lipnick should sue too. He was taken advantage of by someone he thought was his friend. — It was probably a matter of time before a situation like this happened again. — s3.documentcloud.org/documents/ 26... … Glenn Fleishman / @glennf.com : I feel the @kenwhite.bsky.social signal just went up with a skyrwriting message of “do not talk to the media without a lawyer when a multi-trillion-dollar company sues you”: www.macrumors.com/2025/07/17/ a... [image] Dominic Preston / @dompreston.com : Apple gets in a fair few lawsuits, but this one I didn't see coming Corey Quinn / @quinnypig.com : Whenever you talk to a lawyer about being sued, the first thing they instruct is to say nothing. — So naturally Jon Prosser immediately took to X to comment on this. [embedded post] Ernie Smith / @ernie.tedium.co : It does sound like they got access to a phone in a pretty sketchy way that goes beyond that one might expect of a traditional journalist. But this is just one side of it. [image] @eshumarneedi.com : Massive escalation. Reminds me of when Apple took legal action against Gizmodo for leaking the iPhone 4. Interested to see how this plays out. Members of the press typically have great liberty to report on information as long as they themselves didn't obtain it illegally. [embedded post] X: Jon Prosser / @jon_prosser : For the record: This is not how the situation played out on my end. Luckily have receipts for that. I did not “plot” to access anyone's phone. I did not have any passwords. I was unaware of how the information was obtained. Looking forward to speaking with Apple on this. Jon Prosser / @jon_prosser : @MacRumors For the record: I certainly did not “plot” to access anyone's phone and was unaware of the situation playing out. Michael Gartenberg / @gartenberg : @MaxWinebach Apple doesn't bluff when it comes to stuff like this. If they filed suit it's because they have rather damning evidence to back it up. Sad part is the employee who got fired but Apple takes security rather seriously. This wasn't “leaking” this was pure theft for profit Jon Prosser / @jon_prosser : [Screenshot of Feb. 24 chat between Prosser and presumably Michael Ramacciotti] @iconredesign : Wait so ALLEGEDLY Jon Prosser promised to pay someone in return to break into an Apple employee's iPhone running prototype software so they can get details about Version 26 and Liquid Glass? Even without the NDA or trade secrets this is like breaking into someone's safe no? [image] Michael Gartenberg / @gartenberg : I hope Apple takes Prosser for everything he's worth... and more. He cost an Apple employee their job (for not securing unreleased software) on his quest to be “first”. Make no mistake, leakers harm Apple in many ways but this is one step beyond that. It's strait up theft for fun and profit. Vadim Yuryev / @vadimyuryev : This is insane! What's the most likely outcome here? I feel like it would be a deal where Jon pays $0 in compensation to Apple but has to agree to either shut down his channel or stop posting Apple leaks indefinitely. Same thing that happened to @L0vetodream and @analyst941 Luke Miani / @lukemiani : I encourage everyone to read the lawsuit in full The picture painted by Apple in the filing is a damning one- and frankly I'm not convinced by Jon's public response. Lately he has consistently dodged responsibility and leaned on technicalities to excuse his actions. Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach : I was just reading this complaint and it's incredibly damning for all parties, if true (which it likely is, given there are audio recordings) [image] Jon Prosser / @jon_prosser : @MacRumors Interesting. This is not how things went down on my end. Looking forward to being able to speak to Apple about it. Aaron / @aaronp613 : Holy shit @ostynhyss : @_Octopus0 @aaronp613 Either way, he has already been terminated by Apple for not protecting trade secrets. Wild stuff @ostynhyss : @aaronp613 Um. Woah. [image] @_octopus0 : @ostynhyss @aaronp613 Wow. I'm assuming too that Ethan didn't know about any of this? @tgod34748 : BRO THIS IS CRAZY First, Samsung tried to sue him. Now Apple is actually suing him 😬 Forums: r/technology : Apple Sues Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leaks r/apple : Apple Sues Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leaks Beehaw : Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26's new “Liquid Glass” software redesign MacRumors Forums : Apple Sues Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leaks