IPhone 18 Pro Leak Vanishes After Apple Pressures X to Remove Posts
What You Need to Know
- IPhone 18 Pro drop test videos from Tata Electronics cyberattack leaked on X then rapidly removed.
- Leaked device showed uniform rear design, protruding camera lenses, and reflective Apple logo compared to iPhone 17 Pro.
- X suspended @EvLeaks account and removed posts citing platform violations; 9to5Mac also deleted its coverage.
- Stolen Tata Electronics files included Apple-watermarked documents, component details, and iPhone 18 Pro images circulating on dark web.
Video clips showing an iPhone 18 Pro undergoing drop testing spread quickly across X before disappearing almost as fast. The footage, which originated from a cyberattack on Tata Electronics, one of Apple’s manufacturing partners in India, showed what appeared to be a silver-gray device with a more uniform rear aesthetic than the current iPhone 17 Pro’s two-tone finish. The camera lenses appeared to protrude more from the plateau, and the Apple logo carried a reflective finish.
The real story here is not the leak itself but how fast it was suppressed. Posts shared by an account using the @EvLeaks handle and reposted by Ice Universe were removed by X, citing platform rule violations, and the @EvLeaks account was subsequently suspended. Evan Blass, who was previously associated with the EvLeaks name, stated he has “nothing to do with the new @EvLeaks account nor the purported iPhone leak posted there.” Blass added that it “looks like Apple may have done what Samsung never could,” a reference to the many Samsung leaks he himself published freely over the years.
9to5Mac also pulled its own report covering the footage. Ice Universe separately claimed on Weibo that Apple had “already banned the leaked data on Twitter,” though Apple has not publicly commented on the removals.
The Tata breach behind the footage
Reuters had already reported that Apple is “concerned” about confidential files stolen from Tata Electronics and circulating on the dark web. Those files reportedly 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 and working with Tata on longer-term security measures.
The footage is considered likely genuine, based on Reuters’ earlier descriptions. For a device expected to arrive in a fall 2026 window that is already shaping up to be dense with anticipated hardware changes, Apple’s aggressive response to the spread suggests it intends to control the narrative ahead of launch in a way it has rarely managed before.
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