Ex-Web editor charged in LA Times hacking plot
- Published: 15 Mar 2013 at 05.49
- Online news: World
US federal authorities charged a former Web producer, now working with Reuters, with conspiring with the hacktivist group Anonymous to break into and alter an online Los Angeles Times article.
A masked hacker, part of the Anonymous group, hacks the French presidential Elysee Palace website on January 20, 2012. US federal authorities charged a former social media editor, now working with Reuters, with conspiring with the hacktivist group Anonymous to break into and alter an online Los Angeles Times article
Matthew Keys, 26, was indicted in California on three counts of felonies related to hacking before his current Reuters post. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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