Member of iPhone leaks community was acting as a spy by providing information to Apple about other leakers

Earlier in July, it was reported that while Apple is not able to stop the leakers from revealing its products ahead of launch, it had sent warning letters and threatened to sue the leakers.

A member of an iPhone leaks community that shares the early designs and leaks the specifications of the phone ahead of its launch was serving as a spy for Apple. The member who goes by the name Andrey Shumeyko was secretly providing information about other leakers to Apple. Earlier in July, it was reported that while Apple is not able to stop the leakers from revealing its products ahead of launch, it had sent warning letters and threatened to sue the leakers. As per a Motherboard report, Andrey Shumeyko was a member of the iPhone, iOS leaks community. The report reveals that he had put Apple information and stolen devices for sale on platforms like Twitter and Discord. However, he did something more about which the other leakers were completely unaware. Shumeyko was secretly passing on the information about other leakers from the community to Apple’s Global Security team to help them in cracking down on tipsters.