https://it-news.uk/tags/piracy/ Recent content in Piracy on IT News Hugo en-us Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/hianime-7-arrested-vietnam-piracy/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/hianime-7-arrested-vietnam-piracy/ <p>Four months after HiAnime suddenly went dark, the people behind the world&rsquo;s largest anime piracy site are in police custody.</p> <p>Vietnam&rsquo;s Ministry of Public Security arrested seven individuals connected to HiAnime and its associated piracy services, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment confirmed in a LinkedIn post on July 2. The arrests were carried out by the Economic Crime Investigation Department (C03) and the Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department (A05), with intelligence support from the US Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice.</p>