Japanese woman arrested for virtual murder of cyber husband
from http://www.bittenandbound.com
A Maple Story wedding screen shot
A Japanese woman has been arrested for virtual murder after killing her avatar husband in the popular online game Maple Story.
The 43-year-old woman was upset that her virtual husband was divorcing her.
“I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry,” she told investigators while admitting the allegations.
The woman used her pseudo-husband’s login information she had aquired while the couple were happily married to access his account and kill his avatar.
The 33-year-old office worker contacted police when he discovered his avatar was dead.
The woman was arrested on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data (hacking) on Wednesday and taken across the country where her virtual ex-husband resides. If convicted, she faces up to five years in prison or up to a $5000 fine.
According to officials the woman had no plans of revenge in the real world.
That’s stupid. That guy should have known better than to give out his password and login info, then piss someone off.