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Journalist sentenced to 24 months in prison after hacking-related conviction
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Matthew Keys is accused of giving up the CMS login information that ultimately resulted in this short-lived defacement of the LA Times' website. (credit: US DOJ)

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A federal judge sentenced journalist Matthew Keys to two years in prison Wednesday after he was convicted last year of three counts of conspiracy and criminal hacking.

Prosecutors had asked...

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Federal hacking conviction follows pro baseball scouting scandal
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Busch Stadium, home to the St. Louis Cardinals. (credit: Nekonomist)

Theft in professional baseball used to be about stealing bases and signs. But not any more—not in the era of big data.

The St. Louis Cardinals' former scouting chief pleaded guilty Friday in a Texas federal courtroom to five hacking counts (PDF) in connection to unlawfully accessing a...

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