California Federal Court Thinks Hacking a Website Is Worse Than Rape

Cyber vandalism isn't this bad, is it?!

Meet Matthew Keys.

From his picture on the left, you can see he was a mild-mannered guy with an average $7 haircut but not so tight around the ears. His job was a nice one—deputy social media editor with Reuters. However, Keys led a double life of geekdom.

In his free time, as you can see from the shot on the right, he was a black hat ne’er-do-well with the hacktivist group Anonymous.

Keys, 28, was convicted late last week for his role in a conspiracy to hack Los Angeles Times and Tribune Co.

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