The Delhi Police has sought information from five countries to help it trace the group which hacked into the Twitter accounts of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and his party.
The hacking group 'Legion', which claimed responsibility for the act, is still a mystery for internet service providers. The Delhi Police is probing the case after it received a complaint from Congress members.
Police has also registered a case in connection with the hacking of Twitter and e-mail accounts of NDTV journalists Barkha Dutt and Ravish Kumar.
A complaint was received on Tuesday and Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing has initiated a probe in the matter.
During its preliminary enquiry, the police could trace IP addresses from five countries – Sweden, Romania, the United States, Canada and Thailand – in the hacking job.
Investigators want to know if the hackers used the servers in these countries from somewhere else or they were physically present there while breaking into the microblogging accounts of Gandhi and his party.
Asked if the act was done by Legion, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Cell) Anyesh Roy said:
The group is itself taking responsibility for hacking these microblogging sites but we don’t as yet have any information about the real hackers. The case is under investigation.
Roy said the police was also taking help of Twitter officials in Bengaluru to identify those responsible.
(With inputs from IANS and PTI.)
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