Reuters fires social media editor after Anonymous hacking probe
News agency Thomson Reuters has fired Matthew Keys a month after federal prosecutors accused the social media editor of conspiring with the hacktivist group Anonymous to break into the Los Angeles Times Web site.
Keys announced the development Monday morning on his Twitter account, saying he had just learned of his dismissal and that his union would file a grievance:
Prosecutors alleged last month that Keys, a former Web producer for a TV station owned by Times' parent Tribune Company, handed over log-in credentials and passwords for the network of his former employer to members of the hacker group a couple of years ago. Keys denied the allegations, saying, "I did not give a username and a password to anyone."
