A ransomware attack on Tata Electronics, one of Apple's key manufacturing partners in India, has put real iPhone 18 Pro details on the dark web. But the video everyone's been watching on X over the last 24 hours probably didn't come from where you think.

Reuters reports the breach exposed over 200,000 files stolen by a group calling itself World Leaks. Buried in that haul are at least six documents mapping iPhone 18 Pro components to named suppliers, covering the main board chips, battery and camera parts.

There are also drop test photos taken at a Tata facility earlier this year, showing a grey, slab-shaped handset with three rear cameras and the Apple logo, which a source told Reuters is the iPhone 18 Pro.

That’s the real story. Here’s where it gets messier: a video purporting to show the same drop test footage started circulating on X yesterday from an account using the handle @evleaks, which is the same name long associated with veteran leaker Evan Blass. It picked up over 13,000 views in hours, and was still climbing by the time I took a screenshot this morning.

That Isn’t The Real Evleaks Behind The iPhone 18 Pro Video

There’s just one problem: it wasn't him. Blass posted publicly that he'd changed his screenname, has nothing to do with the account in question, and explicitly disowned both the handle and the footage. The impersonator account has since been suspended by X.

It’s worth saying that Blass walked away from hardware leaks on May 2nd, but returned last week with new images of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 via his leakmail newsletter. The impersonator timed their deception well.

For the supposed iPhone 18 Pro video itself, it's hard to say if it's real. What I saw matches Reuters' description. Drop test footage tied to the breach is genuinely circulating on the dark web, and it's plausible the clip drew from real leaked material. But there's no way to verify the X version wasn't doctored or AI-generated before it found a trusted name to hide behind.

There will, of course, be many leaks about the iPhone 18 Pro from tipsters who have a solid track record. Pay attention to those, but be wary of fake accounts that claim to be someone, or something, they’re not.

If you want to know what’s actually coming in terms of iPhone 18 news, follow the people who’ve spent years earning that trust. Not whoever got there first with a name they didn’t own. I track the ones who’ve actually earned it, real tipsters, real track records, no squatted handles, every week in my free newsletter here .