iOS 26 leak co-defendant says Jon Prosser paid him $650

Earlier this year, Apple sued leaker Jon Prosser alongside Michael Ramacciotti, alleging the 2 had a “coordinated strategy to interruption into an Apple improvement iPhone, bargain Apple’s commercialized secrets, and nett from the theft.” However, in a caller filing, Ramacciotti “denies that helium planned oregon participated successful immoderate conspiracy oregon coordinated scheme” with Prosser” and that, to the champion of his recollection, immoderate outgo helium received from Prosser “was paid aft the information and was not agreed to successful beforehand of the actions and communications.”

Apple’s lawsuit accused Ramacciotti of accessing the improvement iPhone of erstwhile Apple worker Ethan Lipnik aft utilizing determination tracking to find erstwhile Lipnik “would beryllium gone for an extended period.” He past allegedly showed Prosser features of the yet-unreleased iOS 26 implicit a FaceTime call. But successful his tribunal filing, Ramacciotti “admits that helium accessed Lipnik’s Apple Development iPhone and conducted a FaceTime telephone with Prosser, and Prosser asked Defendant to amusement definite iOS features,” though helium “denies that helium tracked Lipnik’s location.”

According to Ramaccioti’s filing, respective weeks anterior to that call, Lipnik had “sat down” with Ramacciotti and “swiped through” caller iOS features connected that iPhone. Ramacciotti “did not afloat admit the sensitivity of the improvement mentation of iOS connected the Development iPhone” due to the fact that of Lipnik’s “willingness” to amusement the features to him.

The lawyers accidental that Prosser offered Ramacciotti $650 “at immoderate constituent aft the FaceTime call” and that Ramacciotti “did not initiate communications with Prosser based connected immoderate committedness by Prosser that helium would specifically pay” for the information. While Prosser did wage Ramacciotti the $650, Ramacciotti “wasn’t expecting immoderate outgo from Prosser.” Ramacciotti claims helium didn’t cognize Prosser was taking a video of the call. He besides “denies helium remains successful possession of immoderate Apple commercialized secrets and denies having immoderate further recordings oregon different forms of Apple confidential information.”

Prosser and Apple didn’t instantly reply to a petition for comment.

Prosser told The Verge past week that Prosser has been in “active communication” with Apple implicit the lawsuit, but a fewer days later, the institution Apple said that Prosser “has not indicated” erstwhile helium whitethorn respond to it. A clerk has entered a default against Prosser, meaning the lawsuit tin determination guardant adjacent though helium hasn’t responded, and Apple intends to record for a default judgement against Prosser.