Oct 24th 2008 | Tokyo
From CNN.com
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日本警方周四称,一名43岁女子因在虚拟世界中“谋杀”了其“丈夫”被以黑客罪名逮捕。她这么做是为了报复“丈夫”在网络游戏中突然与她“离婚”--这让她非常气愤。
据北部札幌一位警员透露，这名因涉嫌非法入侵他人电脑及盗取数据被警方拘留女子在五月中旬使用盗来的帐号在时下正流行的网络游戏”冒险岛”中实施了这起“谋杀”。
在警方的调查中她承认了事实，并解释道“他在毫无预兆的情况下突然与我离婚，这让我十分气愤！”。
但在现实生活中她并没有任何的报复计划，警方解释道。
目前，该女子还未被正式起诉，但如果罪名成立，她将面临最高5年的监禁或者5千美元的罚款。
在“冒险岛”中，玩家通过建立和操纵代表自己的虚拟角色进行社交、打怪以及做任务。
在双方“婚姻期间”，该女子从那位33岁的职员（即受害者）处获得了他的帐户信息，她利用这些信息登陆，并“谋杀”了该角色。该男子在得知自己心爱的角色已经“死亡”后向警察报了案。（iReport.com: Anger in a virtual world）
警方说，该女子周三在宫崎的家里被逮捕，并被押送到了620英里以外的札幌--受害者的所在地进行关押。
目前还尚不清楚她在现实生活中是否已婚.
近两年来，虚拟世界确实也给现实生活带来过不少麻烦。8月，美国特拉华州就有一名女子因企图在现实中绑架其在虚拟世界“第二人生”中结识的男友而受到审判。(iReport.com: Share your stories from Second Life.)
在东京，警方也以虚拟诈骗罪逮捕了一名16岁少年，他通过盗来的账号在一款网络游戏里操纵他人的投资而非法获得了价值36万美元的虚拟财产。
网络游戏在日本非常的流行，“第二人生”中也有大量日本玩家的参与。在玩家数目上，他们仅次于美国和巴西，列全球第三。
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- 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.
Online environments such as "Second Life" -- where users control avatars -- have emerged in recent years.
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. iReport.com: Anger in a virtual world
The woman was arrested Wednesday and was taken across the country, traveling 620 miles from her home in southern Miyazaki to be detained in Sapporo, where the man lives, the official said.
The police official said he did not know if she was married in the real world.
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. iReport.com: Share your stories from Second Life
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.
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.