Legal Hackers Fighting Against Illegal Anime Sharing
Bruno Pferd 
Key Takeaways
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- Legal hackers in Japan are dismantling international illegal anime-sharing networks, identifying operators and securing convictions through collaborative efforts with anti-piracy organizations.
- These legal hackers use their skills to investigate public records to identify the culprits behind these piracy sites.
- Setting up a piracy site requires financial investment and resources, which can be traced by these experts.
- Despite operators efforts to conceal their identities, many still make errors that simplify the tracking process, increasing the probability of uncovering their identity and location.
Hackers in Japan Disrupt Illegal Anime Sharing Networks, Tracing Operators and Securing Convictions
In Japan, cybersecurity experts, often referred to as “legal hackers,” are working to dismantle international illegal anime-sharing networks. Takayuki Sugiura of the National Association of Hackers in Japan explains that these experts use their skills to identify the operators of piracy sites. Working collaboratively with a Japanese anti-piracy organization, their primary objective is to identify those operating the sites, uncovering both their illegal activities and their true identities. This collaboration has already resulted in court cases and convictions, according to Sugiura. Legal hackers investigate public records to identify these culprits. Sugiura further pointed out that setting up a piracy site requires financial investment and resources, all of which can be traced. While site creators have become adept at concealing their identities—a challenge that prompted this partnership with Japanese authorities—many operators still make errors that simplify the tracking process. Based on information released thus far, there is a high probability of uncovering the identity and location of an illegal anime-sharing site operator.
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