https://www.thegamer.com/skyrim-typo-innocent-man-18-months-prison/
"An innocent man has served the full 18 months of his prison sentence after
police made a typo during their child-luring investigation. While looking for a
man going by the alias ‘fus__ro_dah’ on the messaging service Kik (a reference
to the Unrelenting Force dragon shout from
Skyrim), they requested records
for the username ‘fus_ro_dah,’ missing a crucial underscore. Unfortunately,
this one-character mistake led them to a Canadian man called Brandon Klayme.
Klayme was arrested in 2020 on child sex abuse charges, and was sentenced in
2024 to over a year in prison. As reported by
Ars Technica, the investigation
began after a Wisconsin mother found an “inappropriate” photo of a man on her
12-year-old daughter's phone, who she had been talking to through Kik. She
reported this to the police, who discovered a further 125 messages between the
girl and ‘fus__ro_dah’.
The police requested information about 'fus_ro_dah', and Kik provided them with
Klayme’s email address. Google records revealed that the incorrectly identified
user was based in Canada, so the case was handed over to Halifax Regional
Police. They in turn contacted local internet provider Bell Aliant, who
connected the IP address to the physical address of Klayme."
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model - Cybersecurity: July 28, 2026
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-28-165059935
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
