Reuters' Matthew Keys Accused of Anonymous Conspiracy 127
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B3ryllium writes "Matthew Keys, a Reuters social media editor, is accused of deliberately encouraging Anonymous to hack his previous employer, and even gave them access credentials to do it. An indictment appears to recommend charges that could result in up to 30 years in prison and a $750,000 fine. From the article: 'He is alleged to have identified himself on an internet chat forum as a former Tribune Company employee and then provided members of Anonymous with the login and password to the Tribune Company server.
The indictment alleges that Mr Keys had a conversation with the hacker who claimed credit for the defacement of the Los Angeles Times website.
The hacker allegedly told him that Tribune Company system administrators had locked him out.
Mr Keys allegedly tried to regain access for the hacker, and when he learned that the hacker had made changes to a page, Mr Keys is said to have responded: "Nice."'"
Re:30 years for a non violent crime. (Score:4, Informative)
Re:30 years for a non violent crime. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:30 years for a non violent crime. (Score:2, Informative)
Like Madoff. How do you feel about his sentence?
Of course 150 years is ridiculous for a non-violent crime, but ...
We're talking $18 Billion. That's a ridiculous amount of money to steal. Ridiculous crime, ridiculous punishment.
Also, Madoff ate it for his accomplices.
Re:Very odd comment (Score:4, Informative)
Because it wasn't Reuters that was hacked. It was the Tribune Company.
The person in question currently works at Reuters.
His passwords should not have worked (Score:2, Informative)
So how would his knowledge of passwords from when he used to work there be of any use? Do they not immediately change all the passwords he had when he left the company? Did they let him keep his keys to the building as well? The real villain here is the victim's IT department.