Apple iPhone 18 Pro supplier list, parts and photos exposed in Tata data leak

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Apple iPhone 18 Pro supplier list, parts and photos exposed in Tata data leak

Sensitive information about Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro models, including supplier lists and photos, has been leaked online after a data breach at Apple's Indian supplier, Tata Electronics. …

BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 15: Sonia Lyson is seen wearing a beige cropped short-sleeve drawstring shirt with collar from Zara; a yellow golden Tank Américaine wristwatch with rectangular dial from Cartier; an iPhone from Apple with a lip gloss phone case in dusky pink from Rhode and a fitting lip gloss attached to it; white wired EarPods headphones from Apple; her long blonde hair is styled in soft waves on July 15, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Moritz Scholz/Getty Images) Moritz Scholz | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Sensitive lists of components and suppliers, and photos of Apple' s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro models are part of files posted on the dark web by the ransomware group that stole data from the U.S. firm's Indian supplier Tata Electronics , according to documents and a source. The exposure threatens the carefully negotiated business of building the iPhone, which Apple assembles from a thicket of suppliers worldwide. It could also upset Apple and its relationship with Tata given most of the supplier arrangements are fiercely protected by Apple, and could also hand rivals, counterfeiters and its own vendors a view of who makes what. Tata, which both supplies parts and assembles iPhones as a contract manufacturer, is emerging as one of Apple's most important manufacturing partners outside China, an expansion that is a cornerstone of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's push to make India an electronics manufacturing powerhouse. …

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