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Former DWP staff go rogue ....
This from the independent -
Former DWP staff go rogue to help benefit claimants
Three disgruntled former civil servants have been inundated with pleas for help after they set up a website offering emergency advice to welfare claimants who believe their benefits have been wrongly docked ..
The website is http://jobseekersanctionadvice.com
Cool! Especially in view of the thread started by Paul…
The site appears to be down or something worse..
“Unknown Host
Description: Unable to locate the server named “jobseekersanctionadvice.com”—- the server does not have a DNS entry. Perhaps there is a misspelling in the server name, or the server no longer exists. Double-check the name and try again.”
they’re also on twitter, though no updates since yesterday ..
Uh Oh… Looks like they’ve been sent to Kidderminster or Telford…
Site now saying technical problem - server overwhelmed by volume of traffic… which I’d take to be a sign of high volume of genuine demand rather than disgruntled exemployer trying a cyber attack
(Also -given DWPs track record on all things IT, a DWP cyber attack would be something to behold…).
site now saying -
We’re planning to be back between 12 noon and 12.30pm today, Wednesday the 6th of August 2014 – see you then.
watch this space….
Funny that when the page went viral on Facebook last week their names were on there but after all the publicity they’ve decided to claim anonymity…
their names were on the website just before it went down yesterday morning
The SoS probably sent them a letter before action.
site is back up now… says ‘we’re three ex female DWP civil servants’
presumably ex DWP civil servants as opposed to ex female…