A group of hackers broke Monday into the site of U.S. public television PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), in a protest against a documentary that aired recently on Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange.
The group of hackers, Lulz Boat, claimed the attack, announcing that it is “reward” for a recent documentary about Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. PBS announced Tuesday that three of its sites, namely the NewsHour, Frontline and PBS, are still under attack by some hackers “and it makes efforts to restore its services”. David Fanning, executive producer of PBS Frontline program, described the attack as “irresponsible and appalling”, according to The Guardian in the electronic edition.
PBS documentary about Wikileaks, titled WikiSecrets, was criticized after the first broadcast last week by supporters of the founder of the site that specializes in disclosure of classified information.
The group of pro-Wikileaks hackers claimed other attacks on websites in the past: Fox, Sony and U.S. X Factor. “Congratulations, internet users. We just watched WikiSecrets and we were not particularly impressed”, it said in a message (which has since been removed) that the group posted on the PBS website during the attack.