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May 30, 2011 02:54 am PDT

PBS hacked in retribution for Frontline Wikileaks episode

The PBS.org website, and data associated with the PBS network, with its programs, and with its affiliate stations, appear to have just been pretty thoroughly hacked by an entity calling itself LulzSec. They identify themselves as unrelated to "Anonymous". According to the tweets, the intrusion is in retribution for the recent "Wikisecrets" episode on Wikileaks, which was perceived by Wikileaks and its supporters to be unfair to Wikileaks. Here's a cache of the fake "Tupac still alive in New Zealand" story the intruders put up. Here's a copy of the "Free Bradley Manning" page they posted, featuring the "nyan cat" meme. Below, a screengrab of the Twitter timeline documenting the attack....


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