Apple sues leaker Jon Prosser over alleged iOS 26 trade secret and iPhone breach

What just happened? Jon Prosser, the popular veteran leaker, is being sued by Apple over claims that he conspired to break into an employee's development iPhone to steal trade secrets. The suit relates to YouTube videos Prosser posted early this year that revealed details of iOS 26.

The videos Prosser posted to his Front Page Tech and Genius Bar Podcast YouTube channels at the start of the year showed off leaked features in the next version of iOS, which then was expected to be called iOS 19 – before Apple changed the nomenclature to reflect the year of release.

Among the reveals were a redesigned camera and Messages app, while "the biggest iOS leak ever" published in April gave us a first look at Apple's new Liquid Glass design language.

According to the filing, Apple alleges that Prosser asked another man, Michael Ramacciotti, to secretly access a development iPhone ...