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Woman Arrested After Killing Virtual Ex-Husband

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:48 am
by Del
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/1 ... ested.html
A 43-year-old Japanese woman, angry over a sudden divorce in the virtual online game Maple Story, has been arrested on suspicion of hacking into the game where she killed her once-virtual husband, authorities said.
Those crazy {japs|chicks}

Full news report here

Re: Woman Arrested After Killing Virtual Ex-Husband

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:52 am
by [U2OP] Willy
Scary Stuff. Virtual Marriage? Hum....

Re: Woman Arrested After Killing Virtual Ex-Husband

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:10 pm
by FullMetal_old
Hehe, just read that on Orange news (its my homepage) its stupid the fact she could spend 5 years in prison and a $5,000 fine over deleting a character. lol :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Woman Arrested After Killing Virtual Ex-Husband

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:26 pm
by Del
ya, that would be stupid, were it the case. But it's not, it's the illegal access of the account that is the beef, not what followed on afterwards.

Re: Woman Arrested After Killing Virtual Ex-Husband

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:46 pm
by DHARMA AGENT
But from what I understand, he gave her his user ID and pw?