Reuters staffer accused of aiding hackers
A Reuters.com editor maintained his innocence after being suspended with pay on Friday following a US federal indictment on charges he aided members of the Anonymous hacking collective.
Matthew Keys, 26, a deputy social media editor, was indicted on Thursday by a federal grand jury in Sacramento, California, on three criminal counts. The alleged events occurred before he joined Reuters, the indictment indicated.
New York attorney Tor Ekeland said he had been hired by Keys to represent him and that his client "maintains his innocence". Ekeland told Reuters he was assembling a legal team and that Keys "looks forward to contesting these baseless charges". The indictment accused Keys of giving hackers access to Tribune computer systems in December 2010. A story on the Tribune's Los Angeles Times website was soon altered by one of those hackers, the indictment said.
