People are just trying to think of a reason why the site would be "gutted" for so long, with so little comment made, and "technical difficulties" doesn't fit very well.
If they were having "technical difficulties," it oughtn't be a big deal for Sande to post a message saying We have had some problems with our web server, and it has taken longer than expected to recover from it.
Instead, we see a big, blank nothing. And that sort of silence is the sort of thing that is commonly associated with "something big and political going on," such as LE challenges.
Sande has posted things, so she hasn't been unable to "confirm or deny..."