LOS ANGELES — Matthew Keys, a former employee at Reuters and “social media journalist”, was sentenced to 24 months in prison on Wednesday for his involvement in a hacking.
In March 2013, Keys was charged by federal prosecutors with providing unauthorized access to the Los Angeles Times website for members of the hacker group Anonymous in December 2010. The hackers published a false story on the website. Keys pleaded not guilty in federal court in April 2013.
On October 7, 2015 Keys was found guilty on all charges and is scheduled to be sentenced on January 20, 2016.
Keys was represented throughout all legal proceedings by Jay Leiderman and Tor Ekeland.
