Former Reuters Journalist Convicted of Helping Anonymous To Hack Los Angeles Times Website

Former Reuters Journalist Convicted of Helping Anonymous To Hack Los Angeles Times Website.

Matthew Keys, age 28 from California was found guilty of giving login credentials to the Tribune Co.'s computer system. 

Matthew will face up to 25 years in prison, and sentenced on 20 January 2016. He charged for computer hacking under the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act.

According to FoxNews,

He was fired by Tribune-owned FOX affiliate KTXL-TV in Sacramento two months before the Times' website was hacked, and federal prosecutors in Sacramento say he wanted payback. He was fired by the Reuters news agency after charges were filed in 2013.

A spokesman for Tribune Media Co, Gary Weitman, said: "We are pleased that the justice system worked. We will let today's verdict speak for itself."

Edward Snowden Tweeted

For defacing an @LATimes article for 40 minutes, journo @MatthewKeysLive faces 25 years. Years. #PrisonPolicy https://t.co/Ae9YszVEiH

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) October 7, 2015

Matthew also gives his reaction with tweeted,

That was bullshit.

— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) October 7, 2015

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