Leaked iPhone 18 Pro drop test videos removed from X after breach report
X yanked iPhone 18 Pro drop-test clips after an impersonator posted them, as a Tata Electronics breach dump put the leak story in sharper focus.
X removed clips purporting to show the iPhone 18 Pro in a drop test soon after they spread across the platform, and suspended the impersonator account that posted them. The account had posed as Evan Blass, one of the best-known Apple leakers, before X said the post "violated" its rules.
The takedown landed amid a broader breach story tied to Tata Electronics, one of Apple’s manufacturing partners in India. More than 200,000 files totaling roughly 630GB were posted on the dark web after a ransomware attack by a group calling itself World Leaks, and the cache reportedly included supplier lists, component maps, and internal photos and videos tied to the iPhone 18 Pro.
Those files gave the episode unusual weight. Reuters said the drop-test photos were dated early 2026, and a source familiar with the matter identified the handset shown in them as the iPhone 18 Pro. The footage and images pointed to internal durability testing, the kind of material that can be dismissed as social-media hype when it stands alone but becomes harder to ignore when it arrives alongside a large corporate breach.
Blass publicly disowned the impersonator account and said it was not his. That mattered because Blass had already announced in May 2026 that he was retiring the @evleaks account after about 14 years, a move that may have made the fake profile look more plausible to casual viewers scanning X for the latest Apple leak.
The episode also shows how quickly platform enforcement now shapes the life cycle of a hardware leak. X removed the clips and suspended the account, but the takedown did not erase the underlying breach claim or the material attached to it. Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max in September 2026, which means any authentic images or videos circulating now could reveal unreleased design and testing details months before launch. Apple has also been investigating the leak with Tata, underscoring how a breach at a manufacturing partner can expose the company’s tightly managed supply chain well before it reaches the market.
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