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Apple sues leaker Jon Prosser for allegedly stealing iOS 26 info from an employee

The company accused Prosser and a codefendant of conspiring to break into an employee’s development iPhone to obtain details about iOS 26.

Per the filing, which was obtained by MacRumors, Prosser had promised to "find out a way for [Ramacciotti] to get payment" if his codefendant was able to access the development iPhone of his friend Ethan Lipnik, who worked on software designs at Apple. Apple says it discovered the alleged trade secret theft from an anonymous tip and that it also has a voice note that Ramacciotti sent to Lipnik to apologize and claim that Prosser was behind the scheme. The company claims the development iPhone in question hosted a "significant amount of additional Apple trade secret information that has not yet been publicly disclosed.

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