Ever since the website was hacked, its been hard to get information up & out to people. -councilman s/o to Anon lol. #FergusonTownHall
https://twitter.com/MusicOverPeople/status/517093281147400192
This is what I theorized yesterday.
To refresh on the Anonymous attacks:
While some of these requests were made in writing, many requests were made verbally due to the fact that the Citys website and email were down at several points during that week.
http://www.devinjamesgroup.com/ferg...ephanie-karr-makes-statement-on-foi-requests/
That team member, who declined to be identified but said he was out of the country, said the core Ferguson operation is run by about a half-dozen Anonymous operatives, invited by St. Louis activists, with thousands of Anons from about 75 different countries joining in to help.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_d81a1da4-ae04-5261-9064-e4c255111c94.html
Anonymous, a group of Hacktivists, hacked the City of Fergusons website Sunday night.
According to officials, none of the citys e-mails were working Monday morning.
http://www.kmov.com/special-coverag...er-attacks-against-Ferguson-PD-270706191.html
Online hacker group Anonymous is taking credit for temporarily taking down the city of Fergusons website.
On Sunday, the group spoke out about the case, making a threat to harm local police data bases if they mishandle the protests.
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2014/08/12/city-of-fergusons-website-taken-down-anonymous-takes-credit/
They caused the citys web servers to crash, forcing officials to communicate by text.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/15/us/ferguson-case-roils-collective-called-anonymous.html?_r=0
The Internet crashed at City Hall here on Tuesday morning. Fergusons website went dark. The phones died.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_d81a1da4-ae04-5261-9064-e4c255111c94.html
More Anonymous Fallout
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/anonymous-got-wrong-ferguson