PATNA: On Saturday morning, the Bihar tourism department's website, was attacked by unknown hackers. The hackers posted a threat to repeat Hyderabad-like blasts, besides message like 'Pakistan Zindabad'.

"The threat was from unknown hackers who claimed that Hyderabad blasts were to avenge the hanging of Afzal Guru ," Sunil Kumar Pintu, state tourism minister, told TOI. "We got information about hacking from some of the viewers. We immediately contacted the Mumbai-based IT company, Amatya Media, which maintains our website. Around 2.30pm, the website was restored and we got rid of the terror message."

The company is still trying to trace the hackers. The tourist department has not yet lodged any FIR. The minister said, "The department will lodge an FIR against unknown cyber criminals in the case once I return to Patna, since I am not in the city."

Inspector General of Police (Economic Offence Wing) Praveen Vashist said as soon as the information about hacking was received, action was initiated and the site was restored by the host server. If the cybercrime wing gets any complaint from the tourism department, it would probe the incident, he added.

