Tata Electronics is beefing up its cybersecurity defences and restricted internal access to sensitive systems
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A top Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) official confirmed on Friday that the government is probing an alleged security breach at Tata Electronics. The incident, which reportedly exposed sensitive information regarding an unreleased Apple iPhone, has been reported to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).“We are investigating it...it has been reported to CERT-In,” S Krishnan, Secretary, MeitY, told reporters on the sidelines of an event here, adding that the incident had been reported to CERT-In, government’s nodal agency responsible for computer security incidents.Speaking on the sidelines of a CII Cybersecurity summit, Krishnan comment comes in the wake of a report that details of components and suppliers, along with Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro model photos were put on the dark web by a ransomware group that allegedly stole data from Tata Electronics, an Apple supplier.Meanwhile, following the incident, Tata Electronics is beefing up its cybersecurity defences and restricted internal access to sensitive systems, and informed its clients, brought in a forensic audit expert, and reported the incident to the government.Cyber incidentsThe leak was one of the most significant cyber incidents involving Apple’s manufacturing ecosystem. According to Reuters, the ransomware group World Leaks published more than two-lakh files totalling over 630GB on its dark web leak site after claiming responsibility for the attack.Tata Electronics has acknowledged the cybersecurity incident. The leaked documents reportedly include supplier lists, component mapping, engineering documents and photographs of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max in September.The leak contains at least six files that expose which companies are producing specific components for the iPhone 18 Pro models, information that the iPhone maker never disclose in its public database of suppliers.Published on July 3, 2026
