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May 30, 2011 04:44 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/UxV3J2jFsBk/pbs-hacked-in-retrib.html
PBS hacked, defaced in apparent retribution for Frontline Wikileaks episode
The PBS.org website, and data associated with the PBS television network, its programs, and its affiliate stations, appear to have just been hacked by an entity calling itself LulzSec (or "The Lulz Boat"). The hack was made public around 1130pm ET, Sunday, May 29. The information compromised and published appears to include network, server, and database details and logins, as well as user login data for some PBS staff and contractors who access the PBS computer network. As of 3:24am ET Monday, some defacements are still live on pbs.org, suggesting that the hackers still have some level of access and control. The group that carried out the attack identifies themselves as unrelated to "Anonymous". Their tweets claim 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. According to an article in the Australian edition of IT security publication SC Magazine, LulzSec has gone after other media entities in recent weeks: Fox News Network and the TV show X-Factor are reported as prior targets. As the name implies, LulzSec would appear to be in it for the proverbial lulz, rather than, say, financial gain. A statement from LulzSec: Greetings, Internets. We just finished watching WikiSecrets and were less than impressed. We decided to sail our Lulz Boat over to the PBS servers for further... perusing. As you should know by now, not even that fancy-ass fortress from the third shitty Pirates of the Caribbean movie (first one was better!) can withhold our barrage of chaos and lulz. Anyway, unnecessary sequels aside... wait, actually: second and third Matrix movies sucked too! Anyway, say hello to the insides of the PBS servers, folks. They best watch where they're sailing next time. The PBS program Frontline, and specifically the producers of the "Wikisecrets" episode, may have been the intended target—but the scope of intrusion and damage would appear to be significantly more broad....
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