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Police Jail Woman Accused of Killing Digital Husband in Role Playing Game

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 24, 2008

“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.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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