SINGAPORE, April 25 -- A 26-year-old man has been arrested in Singapore over the leak of clips from an upcoming animated film in the Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise, as authorities moved swiftly to contain the breach, CNA reported yesterday.

Singapore police said they received a report on April 16 that extracts from The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender - which has yet to be released - were circulating on social media platforms. The suspect was arrested within a day.

Investigators seized multiple electronic devices and recovered a copy of the film from them.

"Preliminary investigations revealed that the man had gained unauthorised remote access to the media-content server and downloaded the film," police said.

"He subsequently p...