US Government websites hacked with pro-Islamic State rant

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>US government websites have been hacked with a message supporting the Islamic State terrorist group&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A message posted on the website of Ohio&&num;8217&semi;s Republican governor John Kasich said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;You will be held accountable Trump&comma; you and all your people for every drop of blood flowing in Muslim countries&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The message&comma; left by &&num;8220&semi;Team System DZ&&num;8221&semi;&comma; ended&colon; &&num;8220&semi;I love the Islamic state&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The same message infiltrated government websites in the town of Brookhaven&comma; New York&comma; according to news reports in that state&comma; as well as the website for Howard County&comma; Maryland&period; The group has claimed responsibility for similar hacks in the past in Richland County&comma; Wisconsin&comma; and in places such as Aberdeen&comma; Scotland&comma; and Sweden&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Several other government websites were hacked in Ohio&comma; including that of first lady Karen Kasich&comma; Medicaid&comma; the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction&comma; and the Casino Control Commission&period; Tom Hoyt&comma; chief communications officer for Ohio&&num;8217&semi;s Department of Administrative Services&comma; was among officials who confirmed the hack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;All affected servers have been taken offline and we are investigating how these hackers were able to deface these websites&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;We also are working with law enforcement to better understand what happened&period;&&num;8221&semi;The hack is part of ongoing cyber-terrorism that has impacted governments and corporations across the globe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some see these types of hacks &&num;8211&semi; sometimes called &&num;8220&semi;defacement&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; as simply a nuisance&comma; though in some instances&comma; they have been disruptive to work and government life&period; But others see cause for alarm&period; &&num;8220&semi;Wake up freedom-loving Americans&period; Radical Islam infiltrating the heartland&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Josh Mandel&comma; the Ohio treasurer and a Republican candidate for US Senate&comma; said in a tweet on Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authors of the website Cryptosphere&comma; which tracks hackers worldwide&comma; have detailed dozens&comma; if not hundreds&comma; of similar attacks in recent years by Team System DZ&comma; 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