By the CNN Wire Staff
May 30, 2011 4:17 a.m. EDT | Filed under: Web
(CNN) -- Online hackers have pirated the PBS website and posted a false story claiming the rapper Tupac Shakur -- who has been dead for almost 15 years -- is alive and living in New Zealand.
The group -- called The Lulz Boat -- claims it was "less than impressed" after watching the network's program "WikiSecrets" and "decided to sail our Lulz Boat over the PBS servers for further... perusing."
The "WikiSecrets" documentary, which aired last week on the PBS show "Frontline," talked to U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning's father and close friends.
Manning, a military intelligence analyst, is suspected of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents that ended up on the WikiLeaks website -- one of the largest leaks of classified material in U.S. history.
In a message linked to from their Twitter account, The Lulz Boat taunted PBS.
"Anyway, say hello to the insides of the PBS servers, folks. They best watch where they're sailing next time," the group said.
PBS acknowledged the hack early Monday morning.
Teresa Gorman, who works in social media and online engagement for the PBS program NewsHour, published a stream of Twitter messages Monday morning in response to comments about the fake story.
"Thanks for your concern guys - we are aware there is more than the Tupac story being hacked right now," she tweeted.
She said she did not want to comment further to CNN.
The fake Tupac story claims the rapper was "alive and well in a small resort in New Zealand," citing "locals." It goes on to say a small town there -- unnamed due to security risks -- also housed the late rapper Biggie Smalls for years.
In addition to posting the Tupac story, The Lulz Boat also claims to have posted passwords of members of the members and "Frontline" login information.
Credit: CNN (www.cnn.com)
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