The City of Ottawa’s website was apparently hacked Friday night.

Ottawa.ca displayed a black and white page Friday with a message saying the website had been hacked. The message named an Ottawa police officer and prominently featured a gif of a dancing banana.

“We can destroy everything, this is a flex of our power. Please, test us,” the message read.

Shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Friday, the hacked message disappeared and was replaced with a notice that the account has been suspended.

The named police officer, Joel Demore, is a detective who investigated a ‘swatting’ case in May, in which a 16-year-old Ottawa youth was accused of making fake calls to emergency services across North America.

The City of Ottawa’s website after it was apparently hacked.

The youth was charged with 60 offences including uttering death threats, conveying false information with intent to alarm, public mischief and mischief to property. “Swatting” is the term used by police to describe faking emergency calls to…