Ex-Lover Deletes Lineage Character; Arrested
2005-01-31 18:57:39
January 20, 2005 - Coming from the land of the bizzare, and Boomtown, is the news that a woman was arrested for deleting the character info of her ex-boyfriend in the MMOG Lineage:The jilted girlfriend, said to be in her thirties, logged onto her ex-lover's Lineage account with his username and password. Once there she deleted his game data including all the items, weapons and clothes he had collected.
Although the boyfriend did not suffer financially he reported the misuse of his account to the police. Police then reported the woman of Toyama Prefecture, to the Fukushima District Public Prosecutors Office accusing her of violating a law banning illegal access to someone else's online accounts.
Just remember this when you break the heart of the next elf you meet in World of Warcraft.