As Twitchy reported on Thursday, a three-count indictment alleges that Reuters’ Matthew Keys conspired with Anonymous to hack into a Tribune Company website.
Politico reports that Keys has been suspended with pay.
Matthew Keys suspended at Reuters — with pay http://t.co/x1fKLCi10O via @POLITICO
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) March 15, 2013
This isn’t the first time Keys has been in trouble with Reuters since joining the company in 2012.
Reuters: Matthew Keys was reprimanded last year for creating @PendingLarry to mock Google CEO Page
— Michael van Poppel (@mpoppel) March 15, 2013
On Thursday, Keys tweeted, “I found out the same way most of you did: From Twitter.” New York magazine notes that it probably wasn’t much of a surprise.
https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/312524156904288256
Keys clarified his tweet today.
Good morning. Still fine. To clarify this tweet from yesterday, I found out about the *indictment* from Twitter – http://t.co/NDEbL6EJgN
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) March 15, 2013
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