Apple takes legal steps against iOS 26 Lecks against this YouTuber: here what happened has happened

Apple has filed a lawsuit against the well-known technical YouTuber and leaker Jon Proser and accused him of being involved in the non-authorized leak of confidential iOS 26 functions. The lawsuit, which was submitted at the beginning of this week, also gives Michael Ramacciotti, a friend of an Apple employee, as a co-accused.

According to Apple, the event chain began when Ramacciotti gained access to a development -iPhone that belongs to the Apple engineer Ethan Lipnik, reported Macrumors. According to reports, the phone reported an early structure of iOS 26. Apple claimed that ProSser had offered Ramacciotti in exchange for access to the device.

The lawsuit claims that Ramacciotti has followed Lipnik's location to find a time in which he was not at home, and Lipnik's Passcode accessed the device, and Facetimed ProSser to show him the unpublished software. ProSser then allegedly recorded the call and created the film material to create rendering and videos that were published on his YouTube channels.

Between January and April 2025, ProSser published a number of videos in which he showed, as he said that they were traced back to iOS 19.

While some visual details were slightly eliminated, many of the elements agreed enough to make concerns in Apple, which finally led to internal studies and complaints.

Apple's reaction and concerns

According to Apple, the development iPhone not only contained iOS 26 functions, but also unannounced internal designs and future plans, of which they fear that they may be in circulation. The company demands compensation and an injunction to prevent further information.

In the meantime, Apple has terminated the employment of Lipnik, which caused the failure of the company's assets and not the violation when he found it out.

For the recording: I certainly did not “plant” to access some phone and was not aware of the situation.

– Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser) July 18, 2025

Jon Prosser answers

In a post on X, Jon Prosser made the claims and said: “I did not plant to access someone's phone” and he did not know how the information was received. He said he was looking forward to sharing his side of the story in court.

This case could determine a new tone how technical leaks are treated, especially if internal tools and unpublished software are involved.

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