India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is investigating a massive cybersecurity breach at Tata Electronics that spilled confidential Apple manufacturing secrets onto the dark web. The leak, which included details about the yet-to-be-announced iPhone 18 Pro, represents one of the largest exposures of proprietary tech supply chain data in recent memory.
What got leaked, and how
A ransomware group calling itself World Leaks posted more than 200,000 files on the dark web between June 12 and June 22, 2026. The total haul exceeded 630 GB of data.
Among the leaked materials were confidential documents related to manufacturing specifications for the iPhone 18 Pro, internal emails, supplier lists, and employee identification documents. Some documents allegedly related to Tesla were also reportedly exposed in the breach.
Tata Electronics publicly confirmed the breach on June 22, 2026. Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro is expected to launch in September 2026, meaning competitors and counterfeiters now have a months-long head start on understanding the device’s internals.
