Matthew Keys, 26, of Secaucas, N.J., is charged with conspiracy to transmit information to damage a protected computer and transmitting or attempting to transmit that information. The combined counts carry a potential penalty of 25 years imprisonment and $750,000 in fines. Keys, using the moniker AESCracked in the IRC channel #internetfeds gave out confidential login credentials he d obtained while working at the Tribune-owned KTXL in Sacramento. He had been fired as a Web producer for the Fox affiliate a couple of months prior to engaging hackers in an chat room and encouraging them to go f k some s t up
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