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Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:00
Hacktivists Scorch PBS in Retaliation for WikiLeaks Documentary
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Hackers posted a fake news story to the website of PBS's Newshour on Sunday.
A hacker group unhappy with PBS Frontline’s hour-long documentary on WikiLeaks has hit back at the Public Broadcasting System by cracking its servers, posting thousands of stolen passwords, and adding a fake news story to a blog belonging to the august PBS Newshour.
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