Hackers Not Taking Mayor Ford Seriously

Ford taking Occupy Toronto hacker threat seriously

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he is taking a recent threat from a mysterious group of Internet vigilantes seriously, but won't let it affect the way he plans to handle the Occupy Toronto protest. 

City Hall's IT department was securing their website after a group of computer hackers threatened to "remove" Toronto from the Internet if it attempted to remove protesters from St. James Park.

"You have to take every threat seriously but we have to move on and we have to ask these people to leave the park," Ford told reporters on Monday.

A video claiming to be from Anonymous was posted to YouTube over the weekend, warning Toronto politicians not to try to force the protesters out of St. James Park this week. "We all have freedom of speech and opinions to express and they are doing it peacefully. There is no reason for you to put an end to the occupation in Toronto," a computerized voice said in the video.

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Hackers Not Taking Mayor Ford Seriously

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Toronto Mayor Ford is not something you should take seriously, says a recent message from a mysterious group of Internet vigilantes.  The hackers from “Anonymous” had initially said they would remove the Toronto City Hall website from the Internet after Mayor Ford threatened the protestors.

 Mayor Ford makes up part of the one percent (or closer to 2% in his case), added the unknown voice on the video.  “But in this case, Mayor Ford and his image are probably doing more harm than good to his 1% masters.” 

A video claiming to be from Anonymous was posted to YouTube over the weekend, advising other hackers to just leave the Toronto City Hall website alone.  “We have examined Mayor Ford’s email and files in great detail.  As it turns out, he has no plan of his own.  He did have a really good recipe for poutine however.”