...And the group has an even more eye-opening claim: It was hired to hack PBS.org.
"This is the guy that paid us to hack pbs.org," the Lulz Security group wrote on its Twitter feed, pointing to the account of another person who goes by the name Shadow DXS.
Branndon Pike, the Daytona Beach 21-year-old who goes by the name Shadow DXS online, was quick to deny any such pay-off.
Pike said he's broke. "My fiancee is paying all my bills right now," he told FoxNews.com. "If I had a dollar it would not be going to these clowns."...
The PBS attack and Tupac report may seem like fun and games, but the joke could be on hackers if the Pentagon has its way
By Robert X. Cringely
Infoworld
Jun 2, 2011 6:48 pm
This just in: After 15 years, Tupac Shakur is still dead.
It seems reports of the rapper's resuscitation have been slightly exaggerated -- or, rather,completely fabricated by a hacking group calling itself Lulz Sec (and/or the Lulz Boat). That "group" took over the website of PBS NewsHour over the weekend and posted a story that Tupac, who was gunned down in internecine hip-hop combat on the streets of Las Vegas in 1996, is actually alive and well and living in New Zealand, raising sheep, no doubt, along with Biggie Smalls....