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WASHINGTON – PBS officials feature hackers hit cracked the network's website, bill a phony news claiming dead rapper Tupac Shakur was aware in New Zealand, and a assemble that claimed domain for the hacking complained most a past "Frontline" inquiring programme aggregation on WikiLeaks.

PBS confirmed weekday that the website had been hacked. The phony news had been taken downbound as of weekday morning. It had been posted on the place of the "PBS NewsHour" program, which is produced by WETA-TV in Arlington, Va.

Anne Bentley, PBS' vice chair of corporate communications, said in an telecommunicate that incorrect aggregation posted on the website has been corrected. The hackers also posted login aggregation for two interior PBS sites: digit that media use to admittance the PBS advise room and an interior subject website for stations, she said. She said every affected parties were being notified.

David Fanning, chief shaper of "Frontline," said he was learning of the hacking primeval Monday, nearly a hebdomad after the aggregation aired its "WikiSecrets" movie most the revealing of U.S. smooth cables to the WikiLeaks website. The documentary, produced by WGBH-TV in Boston, generated criticism and speaking on the program's website in past life from those sympathetic to WikiLeaks founder statesman Assange and from those who thought the aggregation was fair, Fanning said.

"Frontline" producers hear impassioned responses every the time, Fanning said. Having a assemble move the PBS website over a programme aggregation was extraordinary but "probably not unexpected," he said.

"From our saucer of view, we just see it as a unsatisfactory and slaphappy act, especially since we hit been rattling open to business criticism of the flick ... and the flick included other points of view," Fanning said. "This category of state is slaphappy and chilling."

A tweet from the "NewsHour" Twitter account said: "If you uncomprehensible it: our place has been accessed by hackers. Thanks for staying with us."

A assemble occupation itself LulzSec and "The Lulz Boat" on Twitter claimed domain and posted course to other hacks, including a recording ostensibly taunting the network. Taunting messages were also posted on the group's Twitter page targeting the PBS aggregation "Frontline." One communication said the assemble fresh saw the "WikiSecrets" exhibit and was "less than impressed."

PBS ombudsman archangel Getler wrote most the "WikiSecrets" movie in his weekly article Thursday, locution it had generated exclusive a handful of complaints, though he had due more accumulation from viewers.

"This may be a good thing for Frontline if it suggests that most audience institute the aggregation to be in keeping with Frontline's estimation for clean still thickened reporting," Getler wrote.

Getler raised whatever questions most the news in the aggregation but said he institute the asking by interviewer histrion adventurer to be "tough but proper."

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http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/

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