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Yet Another Twitter Hack? Ohio House Speaker Says Account Was Compromised
Ohio Speaker William G. Batchelder (L) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

Yet Another Twitter Hack? Ohio House Speaker Says Account Was Compromised

"Well, I won't do any more of this ... Twittering?"

COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Blaze/AP) -- Aides to the Republican speaker of the Ohio House say his Twitter account was hacked by a person who tweeted support for liberal causes.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that in other phony posts Speaker William Batchelder appeared to criticize Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sihk) or promote former Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland.

House Republican caucus spokesman Mike Dittoe says someone who follows Batchelder on Twitter noticed the tweets Monday night. A GOP attorney had the company eliminate the messages.

Batchelder told the Dispatch he was unaware he had a Twitter feed. Dittoe says it's maintained by caucus staffers to get messages out:

"Well, I won't do any more of this ... Twittering?" he said, turning to Dittoe to make sure he got the terminology correct. "We'll avoid that at all cost. I didn't know I had such a device."

The account, Dittoe said, is accessed by a handful of caucus staffers - many of whom are less than half the speaker's age - as a way to get out messages. Despite the issues, and his boss' reservations, Dittoe said Twitter is a valuable way to disperse information, and they will likely restart the account in some form.

News of the breach comes amid a media storm surrounding a lewd photo sent from the Twitter account of a Democratic congressman from New York, Anthony Weiner (WEE'-nur).

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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, https://www.dispatch.com

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