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Apple Crackdown Suspected After iPhone 18 Pro Leak Videos Disappear

SRQrws said:
The real story here is once again some jackass hackers have stolen property and gotten away with it (at least for now). Why this isn't treated as an international top-priority problem is concerning. If a thief robs a bank, he's caught and severely punished, but thousands of hackers get away with scams, theft and general mayhem every single day.
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It has something to do with international politics. If that thief is part of the Russian military, or allowed to operate inside Russia by Russia's government, it's not quite so easy as just arresting them.

A lot of the blame falls on Tata as well. For such a huge company, they clearly have not properly invested in security. This is not the first time something like this has happened to them.
 
uacd said:
Yeah I start to believe leaks are fully controlled and Apple is playing "bad PR" game.

It looked especially fun in iPhone 11-16 era when what was leaked essentially looked the same😂
I am glad their hardware designers and engineers came up with such an lazy phone as 17 Pro though, I guess we can bet they will use that poor design for the next 5 years.

When iPhone 4 was leaked it was a big deal and everyone stood in lines to get one. When 5 - it was even nicer. And 6 was also very popular. But after that it all went boring, I can't recall people camping around Apple Stores ever since iPhone 6
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I still remember all the pre-announcement hatred for iPhone 6 (and especially iPhone 6 Plus) being “not what Steve would ever allow”.

Afterwards, majority of those “fake news” allegations towards leaks esentially ceased.
 
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555gallardo said:
I still remember all the pre-announcement hatred for iPhone 6 (and especially iPhone 6 Plus) being “not what Steve would ever allow”.

Afterwards, majority of those “fake news” allegations towards leaks esentially ceased.
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Not so much a data leak but the engineer and their daughter who leaked the iPhone X with a video was a big one.

ETA how was that 8 years ago?! 😭

And the iPhone 4 prototype left behind in a bar in 2010.
 
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no wonder the price of the 18 is going up. gotta pay all the attorney fees. 😂😂😂😂

we all know what we are going to hear from apple for the release "this is the best iPhone ever" same as the last 7 iPhones....
 
raindogg said:
Apple has become one of the most predictable companies in the world, I don't get the hype around leaks. Here's one, the iPhone 19 will have a better camera than the iPhone 18.
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That presumes that there is an iPhone 19; some rumors are suggesting that Apple could do the same thing they did with the iPhone 9... and just skip it. (Which might just serve to prove your point, come to think of it...)
 
Well...I guess Nigeria would have been only a 2nd-worst choice for locating these facilities.

I can imagine the Nigerian Prince calling Tim Cook; I wonder how that call would go. 😃
 
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SRQrws said:
The real story here is once again some jackass hackers have stolen property and gotten away with it (at least for now). Why this isn't treated as an international top-priority problem is concerning. If a thief robs a bank, he's caught and severely punished, but thousands of hackers get away with scams, theft and general mayhem every single day.
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Yeah, I shed tears for billion dollar corporations (that's sole purpose is to make huge profits off people) that get hacked and their IP gets stolen/shared for all to see /s
 
mavere said:
One of the A20 (Pro?) "Borneo" docs states that the bus link to NAND is PCie Gen5.
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That's mildly interesting, but it's missing some fairly important details. How many lanes is it? How does that compare to the previous gen? And what does that get us, in terms of real world performance improvements?

Leaks of tech specs don't always give you useful answers, but they do almost always give you more questions.
 
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Apple could be taking action to limit the spread of leaked iPhone 18 Pro video footage that surfaced online following a recent cyberattack targeting Tata Electronics, one of Apple's manufacturing partners in India.

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Over the last day, video clips that apparently showed an iPhone 18 Pro undergoing drop testing began appearing on X (Twitter). The clips appeared to show a silver-gray iPhone 18 Pro model with a more uniform rear aesthetic than the current iPhone 17 Pro's two-tone design. The device had the expected three-camera rear array, but the lenses appeared to protrude more from the plateau than on the iPhone 17 Pro. The Apple logo on the back of the device also appeared to have a reflective finish.

The clips were initially shared by an account using the @EvLeaks handle and were reposted by Ice Universe, but the posts have been taken down by X, citing a violation of the platform's rules. The @EvLeaks account has since been suspended.

Evan Blass, who was previously associated with the EvLeaks name, says he has "nothing to do with the new @EvLeaks account nor the purported iPhone leak posted there." Blass added: "Looks like Apple may have done what Samsung never could," likely referring back to the hundreds of Samsung leaks that Blass himself has been able to freely make public unimpeded over the years.

It is not clear whether the posts were removed at Apple's request or Tata's request, or because the videos were later believed to be fake.

Elsewhere, over in China, Ice Universe claimed on Weibo that Apple had "already banned the leaked data on Twitter."

Apple has not publicly commented on the removals, but the videos appeared to be genuine based on similar descriptions provided by Reuters.

The alleged leaked footage follows the outlet's report that Apple is "concerned" about confidential files stolen from Tata Electronics and circulated on the dark web. Reuters said the leaked files included Apple-watermarked documents, component details, supplier information, codenames, and images of iPhone 18 Pro models during drop testing. Apple is said to be investigating the incident and working with Tata on long-term measures to improve security.

We are not sharing the videos or images of them here out of caution, though some are still circulating online. They may not last the day, however. The speed of the takedowns, if instigated by Apple, may indicate that the company is moving more aggressively than usual in the face of a major data breach in order to prevent further spread.

Alternatively, it could be that the videos simply originated from an X account that was suspended for impersonating someone else, and they where later deemed to be fakes for that reason. We should know for sure when the iPhone 18 Pro is released in September.

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If Apple can't protect their own data how do we trust them to protect ours? Just a thought.
 
mikemorris12 said:
If Apple can't protect their own data how do we trust them to protect ours? Just a thought.
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You could say that about literally any entity that stores your data, whether they be commercial or the government. And you'd be right: nobody is perfect. According to the Have I Been Pwned website, I myself have been the subject of quite a few data leaks -- and whether you realize it or not, you probably have been, too.

Does that mean that you isolate yourself away from the world, become a hermit in a cabin in the woods, and never ever take any risk that someone else might accidentally (or purposely) spread your data around? For most of us... no, that's not what it means. It just means that we take calculated risks, when the reward seems worth the risk.
 
SRQrws said:
The real story here is once again some jackass hackers have stolen property and gotten away with it (at least for now). Why this isn't treated as an international top-priority problem is concerning. If a thief robs a bank, he's caught and severely punished, but thousands of hackers get away with scams, theft and general mayhem every single day.
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Calm down cowboy, it's just a phone, I think you're more upset than Apple 🤣
 
thadoggfather said:
What a bizarre take, the footage is stolen property part of a massive cyber attack. Has nothing to do with free speech.

Also, it could materially shift AAPL's price and sales of products. People might opt for 17 pro now, while thinking 18 pro will be very samey and ostensibly with a massive price hike that doesn't justify for being an S-cycle. Low 18 pro sales / quarter results in turn will project a company that's on a downturn more than the general current economic outlook.

Even if those of us at MR already suspect these things, the average person / 'normie' might not have awareness.
Well now they do.

It's only Apple's most popular product and their core IP. Of course they should and do care, even though you think they shouldn't and it's not a big deal.

The supply chain implications are really bad too. They trusted this supplier in India to have a bare minimum of security and now they have to re-evaluate what the best path forward is for diversification. Gives per view into their components / suppliers / negotiation side of the house. And open season for bootleggers, part thieves, and just general bad actor opportunists.

We also don't know what else will trickle out: future vision headset plans, more laptops like the next Air and Pro, the Ultra/fold, iPhone Air 2, base iPhone 18, some completely out of left field thing?

Even some iPad mini details have surfaced out of this.

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This is way bigger leak than an iPhone 4 being left in a bar and re-sold to a tech blog, to be honest.
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Easy there buddy, it's always the big companies doing the leaking just to test the waters for their next product.
 
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