Former Tribune Co. Staffer Charged With Helping Anonymous Hack L.A. Times
Posted in: UncategorizedA former web producer for a Tribune Co. TV station was accused by federal prosecutors of conspiring with the hacker group called Anonymous to break into a Tribune news website.
Matthew Keys, 26, was charged in an indictment yesterday with providing log-in credentials to Anonymous members for a computer server belonging to Tribune, the Justice Department said in a statement. Prosecutors said Mr. Keys, formerly the web producer for KTXL Fox 40 in Sacramento and now deputy social media editor at Thomson Reuters, encouraged Anonymous members to disrupt the website.
One hacker used the credentials to log into the server and make changes to the web version of story in Tribune’s Los Angeles Times, the Justice Department said. Mr. Keys, after allegedly trying to help the hacker when he was initially unsuccessful with the login, learned that he made changes to content on the site and wrote “nice” in an internet chat-room conversation, according to the statement.
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