Chances are pretty good that if you're reading my blog, you are now or have been pretty deeply into some video game. But I'm guessing you've never been arrested over it.
The above link tells the tale of a woman from Japan who's involved in a "Second Life"-type game. She became so enraged when her cyber-husband divorced her that she hacked his account and deleted his character. Or, as the article dramatically puts it, she retaliated by "murdering" her ex-husband.
Regardless of whether you could actually dub the virtual crime as murder, she was jailed for a real one: "illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data." Basically, she was Richard Pryor in Superman III or something, but without actually making any money.
But she sure showed that bastard "ex-husband."
1 comment:
this is a ridiculous premise. first of all to think she would be so childish to "erase his game" and also to put her in jail over it. what an interesting precedence... don't erase my game or we'll throw you in jail! at worse they should fine her to compensate the guy for his lost time he spent building his character (sounds like People's Court time!)
don't those sites always say "never ever give out your password?" so isn't it the guy's fault, too? even Neopets has a backup PIN to avoid hackers wiping out your info. and even if it is wiped out, they can restore it from a backup. so there is a combination of things very wrong here.
the mole
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