Kim Zetter reports:
Former Reuters social media editor Matthew Keys is facing up to 25 years in prison after his conviction last month on conspiracy charges related to a 2010 hack of the Los Angeles Times web site. Although Keys didn’t actually conduct the hack, prosecutors aggressively pursued him anyway. Now it turns out that authorities have known the alleged identity of the real hacker for at least two years, but apparently never pursued charges against him.
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