Journalist Matthew Keys Convicted Of Helping Anonymous Hack LA Times

[Newsjock]

Source: Huffington Post

A Sacramento jury Wednesday convicted journalist Matthew Keys of helping Anonymous hack into the Los Angeles Times and revise a story on its website.

Keys, 28, faces a maximum of 25 years for three felonies related to sharing login information from the Tribune Media Co., which owned the newspaper and the TV station where Keys worked, according to Politico.

... “It’s bullshit,” he said.

The verdict came on the jury's second day of deliberations. Keys was convicted of conspiracy to cause damage to a protected computer, transmission of malicious code, and attempted transmission of malicious code.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/journalist-matthew-keys-convicted-of-helping-anonymous-hack_5615a7cde4b0cf9984d859db

[SoapBox]

1. Another "journalist"?

WTH is with people anymore?

[Overseas]

2. K&R.

I hope he does appeal.

[elmac]

3. When you F with a corporation the heavy hand of the law comes down hard

When corporations F with you they may get a fine, they may get a tax break or they may get bailed out.