Friday, March 15, 2013

Journalist charged in hacking conspiracy suspended

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2006 file photo, a worker cleans an entrance to the Los Angeles Times building in Los Angeles. Federal authorities allege that Matthew Keys provided hackers with login information to access the Tribune Company's computer system in December 2010. Keys had been fired months before from a Sacramento television station owned by Tribune. Keys was a web producer for KTXL. Tribune also owns the Times. The investigators allege that Keys gave a hacker named "Sharpie" the information in an Internet chat room frequented by hackers and urged the hacker to do some damage to the Tribune company. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2006 file photo, a worker cleans an entrance to the Los Angeles Times building in Los Angeles. Federal authorities allege that Matthew Keys provided hackers with login information to access the Tribune Company's computer system in December 2010. Keys had been fired months before from a Sacramento television station owned by Tribune. Keys was a web producer for KTXL. Tribune also owns the Times. The investigators allege that Keys gave a hacker named "Sharpie" the information in an Internet chat room frequented by hackers and urged the hacker to do some damage to the Tribune company. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)

(AP) ? News agency Reuters has suspended with pay a deputy social media editor after he was indicted on federal charges of hacking his former employer.

Reuters spokesman David Girardin told The Associated Press Friday that Michael Keys was suspended on Thursday with pay. He did not elaborate.

Federal authorities allege that in December 2010, Keys provided hackers with login information to access the computer system of the Tribune Co. Tribune is the parent company of the Times and also owns Sacramento television station KTXL station, where Keys was fired from months before.

Reuters hired Keys in 2012. He didn't return a phone call or respond to email messages seeking comment.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/495d344a0d10421e9baa8ee77029cfbd/Article_2013-03-15-Journalist%20Charged-Hacking/id-426e68a987bb4d14aa3df9ea2ca568b8

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