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Man Arrested for Uploading Attack on Titan Manga via Share

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins

The Association of Copyright for Computer Software is reporting that Ishikawa Prefecture Police arrested a 35-year-old male company employee on July 18 in Kaga city on suspicion of using the file-sharing software Share to upload the 10th volume of Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan manga without permission. The suspect allegedly admitted to the charges.

According to the arrest report, the suspect uploaded the 10th volume of the manga on December 20. Police have seized his computer and his hard drive.

Security researchers have known about flaws in Share's anonymity features since 2006.


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