Reuters deputy editor charged with hacking says he was fired
Source: Associated Press
Reuters deputy editor charged with hacking says he was fired
23 Apr 2013 10:31 - Garance Burke
A Reuters deputy social media editor accused of conspiring with hackers to deface a Los Angeles Times story says he has been fired.
His dismissal came the day before 26-year-old Matthew Keys was scheduled to appear in federal court for the first time on the felony charges. His attorneys said he plans to plead not guilty.
Federal prosecutors alleged Keys provided the hacking group Anonymous with login information to access the computer system of The Tribune, the Los Angeles Times's parent company.
According to a federal indictment handed down last month, a hacker identified only as "Sharpie" used information Keys supplied in an internet chat room to alter a headline on a December 2010 Los Angeles Times story to reference another hacking group.
Tribune also owns a Sacramento television station Keys had been fired from months earlier.
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