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| Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby |
| 2008-10-23 |
| Gotta weird one here, Muldoon... TOKYO – A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said Thursday. She hacked him up? Ewwwww... The woman, who is jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game "Maple Story" to carry out the virtual murder in mid-May, a police official in northern Sapporo said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy. Dumb. Should've used a virtual hit man. And paid him with virtual money. "I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry," the official quoted her as telling investigators and admitting the allegations. I couldn't help it, I tells ya! I COULDN'T HELP IT!! The woman had not plotted any revenge in the real world, the official said. Maybe she's practicing... She has not yet been formally charged, but if convicted could face a prison term of up to five years or a fine up to $5,000. In virtual prison or real prison? Players in "Maple Story" raise and manipulate digital images called "avatars" that represent themselves, while engaging in relationships, social activities and fighting against monsters and other obstacles. A life for people who don't have one... The woman used login information she got from the 33-year-old office worker when their characters were happily married, and killed the character. The man complained to police when he discovered that his beloved online avatar was dead. Hello, police? I'm dead. Really? Then how can you talk to me? Well, I'm not really dead. I'm virtually dead. Oh. Like you're really sick or something? Virtual me is dead. Oh. Why don't you call the virtual cops then? We're kinda busy here... The woman was arrested Wednesday and was taken across the country, traveling 620 miles from her home in southern Miyazaki to be detained in Sappporo, where the man lives, the official said. Why, Mitsuko! Why! Who are you? The police official said he did not know if she was married in the real world. Let's hope not. Wouldn't wanna piss her off... In recent years, virtual lives have had consequences in the real world. In August, a woman was charged in Delaware with plotting the real-life abduction of a boyfriend she met through "Second Life," another virtual interactive world. So could she, like, blame it on virtual chick and skate? In Tokyo, police arrested a 16-year-old boy on charges of swindling virtual currency worth $360,000 in an interactive role playing game by manipulating another player's portfolio using a stolen ID and password. You're under arrest, boy-san. For what? Embezzling nothing. Virtual games are popular in Japan, and "Second Life" has drawn a fair number of Japanese participants. They rank third by nationality among users, after Americans and Brazilians. That's kinda scary... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #3 LoL!, I just finished reading this article on another news website. It caught my interest also... Can it really been deemed as hacking though if she already had his Identification & password? He must of given it to her?? I personally don't see anything wrong with what she done. He is at fault for giving out that information! |
| Posted by: Oztralian 2008-10-23 23:29 |
| #2 We need virtual astronaut babe input. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-10-23 17:51 |
| #1 Yep, she hacked him into itty bitty bytes...... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-10-23 15:13 |