COLUMBUS (AP) — The website of Gov. John Kasich was among several government sites, many of them in Ohio, that were hacked with a message that purports to be supportive of the Islamic State terrorist group.
The Twitter feed of Republican state Treasurer Josh Mandel, who is trying to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, carried an image of one of the hacked posts with a message of his own.
https://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/879011047285325827
A message posted on Kasich’s website said “You will be held accountable Trump, you and all your people for every drop of blood flowing in Muslim countries.”
The message, left by “Team System Dz,” also ended, “I love the Islamic state.”
According to the New York Post, the same message also infiltrated government websites in Brookhaven, New York and sites were also hacked in Maryland.
The websites in Ohio hacked with the message also include that of first lady Karen Kasich.
A spokesman for Ohio’s Department of Administrative Services said all affected servers are offline and they are working with law enforcement.