Accused Reuters Editor Suspended, Still Tweeting

A day after a federal indictment accused him of helping hacktivist group Anonymous deface news websites, Matthew Keys has been suspended by Reuters, the company announced Friday.

Keys, the deputy editor of social media for Reuters, was charged Thursday for allegedly giving members of Anonymous password access to a Tribune Company server in 2010. Keys had recently lost his job as a Fox 40 web producer, a local TV station part of the Tribune group

According to the indictment, he gave the hackers his credentials and told them to "go fuck some shit up." Using his login and password, they went on to deface a story on the Los Angeles Times website.