iPhone 18 Pro supplier list and parts exposed in Tata data leak
The most tightly held document in consumer electronics is the bill of materials, and a chunk of Apple’s appears to be sitting on the dark web. Files posted by the ransomware group World Leaks contain component lists, supplier names, and photographs tied to the unreleased iPhone 18 Pro, stolen from Tata Electronics, Apple’s manufacturing partner in India. They lay bare the one thing Apple works hardest to keep out of public view: who makes what, and how much of it.
According to reporting on the leaked cache, at least six files map iPhone 18 Pro components to specific suppliers, covering chips on the main logic board along with parts of the battery and camera.
Between them, the documents detail hundreds of parts destined for the next Pro line. For a company that treats its component sourcing as a competitive weapon, the disclosure is closer to a strategic problem than a...
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