Women Arrest For Killing a MapleStory Account

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.

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.

"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.

The woman had not plotted any revenge in the real world, the official said.

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.

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.

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.

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[MCMyZtery]

lol dude you say Bla Bla bla everytime theres a word too big for you xD lol .

[crazyMP3]

only if it's not important

[SkySpark95]

how did she kill something that doesnt exist in real life

[crazyMP3]

hacked and remove

[274110ab]

She killed tiger..... :(

[blueapple16]

@0xVx0 Hippowe , Deathsctheyz here ^^

[ultradumbass]

yea she murdered some virtual character that has no emotions or anything, eye for an eye!

[Maxstify]

@0xVx0 i think his character was lvl 200 and that took maybe a year to obtain, and then she said "FUCK DIS I WILL HACK U AND REMOVE UR AVATAR U BITCH!!!!!!"

[sk8erv8]

Lmao whoa w8 did u just say 43 yr fail and no life

[illnux]

this was on the gunnes world record book 2010 the little green one

[italian0icecream]

fail. if u die in maplestory, you will be revived with 5hp. and if she killed the guy i think that meant that she hacked and removed his character.

[christruong97]

@274110ab Maybe she did. o.O im fuckin freaked out to play maplestory now o.O

[ThatKittyWhoCamps]

WHAT THE FUCK?!?!