United Kingdom, July 18 -- Apple has filed a lawsuit against well-known leaker Jon Prosser.

According to MacRumors, Apple claims YouTuber Prosser worked with Michael Ramacciotti to access a company phone belonging to Ethan Lipnik, an Apple software engineer who worked on the next version of iPhone software, iOS 26.

The lawsuit alleges Prosser offered Ramacciotti "money or a future job opportunity" in exchange for access to the device.

Ramacciotti is accused of learning Lipnik's iPhone passcode, using "location-tracking" to determine when Lipnik would be away from home, and then accessing the phone running a development build of iOS 26.

Apple states that Ramacciotti showed the unreleased software to Prosser over a video call. Prosser a...