Journalist sentenced to 24 months in prison after hacking-related conviction
A federal judge sentenced journalist Matthew Keys to two years in prison Wednesday after he was convicted last year of three counts of conspiracy and criminal hacking.
Prosecutors had asked the judge to impose a sentence of five years, while Keys’ attorneys asked for no prison time. "When this court tries to make sense of what Mr. Keys did for a limited period of time, it was out of pique, it was out of anger at his former employer," US District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller said at the conclusion of the hours-long hearing.
"He arrogated to himself the decision to affect the content of a journalistic publication. In practical effect, at least with respect to the Los Angeles Times webpage, the effect was relatively modest and did not do much to actually damage the reputation of that publication. But the intent was to wreak further damage which could have had further consequences."
