April 15, 2016 Matthew Keys gets 2 years for helping Anonymous deface the LA Times He was found guilty of handing over login credentials for the newspaper, after which it was defaced. Naked Security
March 15, 2016 Feds ask for 5 years jail for journalist who handed over newspaper login Matthew Keys was convicted of handing over login credentials for a website and then telling Anonymous to “go f**k some s**t up.” Naked Security
October 08, 2015 Jury finds journalist guilty of aiding Anonymous in media hacking case Matthew Keys was convicted after an eight-day trial in which the jury heard about how Keys used an internet chat relay forum to recruit hackers into his scheme. Naked Security
April 23, 2015 ‘Aaron’s Law’ back in Congress to bring “long overdue” fix of US hacking law The proposed overhaul of the infamous Computer Fraud and Abuse Act would focus penalties on malicious computer crime. Naked Security
January 06, 2015 MIT sites defaced in lead-up to anniversary of Aaron Swartz’s death The anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz has been commemorated with an attack on the institution from which he siphoned documents. Naked Security