Another Hacker Gets Two Years in Prison
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 07/23/2016 10:25 AM
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Matthew Keys was convicted of hacking and sentenced to two years at the federal prison camp in Atwater, California.
He is appealing the conviction, but a Federal Judge ordered him to commence his prison sentence while waiting the appeal. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that there was nothing novel about his conviction and that he is likely to lose on appeal.
The court wrote:
Appellant has not shown that the appeal raises a "substantial question" of law or fact that is "fairly debatable," and that "if that substantial question is determined favorably to defendant on appeal, that decision is likely to result in reversal or an order for a new trial of all counts on which imprisonment has been imposed," or a sentence that does not include a term of imprisonment, or a reduced sentence to a term of imprisonment less than the total of the time already served plus the expected duration of the appeal process.
Keys was convicted of publishing log in data and thereby ran afoul of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Authorities said he published Tronc (parent company of the L.A. Times) login credentials in a hacker forum and told forum readers to go "fuck some shit up."
Source: Arstechnica
He is appealing the conviction, but a Federal Judge ordered him to commence his prison sentence while waiting the appeal. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that there was nothing novel about his conviction and that he is likely to lose on appeal.The court wrote:
Appellant has not shown that the appeal raises a "substantial question" of law or fact that is "fairly debatable," and that "if that substantial question is determined favorably to defendant on appeal, that decision is likely to result in reversal or an order for a new trial of all counts on which imprisonment has been imposed," or a sentence that does not include a term of imprisonment, or a reduced sentence to a term of imprisonment less than the total of the time already served plus the expected duration of the appeal process.
Keys was convicted of publishing log in data and thereby ran afoul of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Authorities said he published Tronc (parent company of the L.A. Times) login credentials in a hacker forum and told forum readers to go "fuck some shit up."
Source: Arstechnica
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