DHAKA: In the wake of ongoing anti-government protests in Islamabad, a group of hackers calling themselves ‘Anonymous Op Pakistan’ temporarily brought down numerous government portals in a bid to remove, ‘every vestige of the Pakistan government from the Internet’.

The group also leaked a zip file containing 23,000 bank records allegedly connected to the government. The zip file contained a document that stated the leak was carried out by ASOR Hack Team.

Claiming to be a part of Anonymous, the global hacktivist network, the hackers attacked over two dozen government websites overnight, a few of which remained inaccessible on Monday. Some of the hacked websites were defaced as well.

In numerous online messages, ‘Anonymous Op Pakistan’ said it was carrying out the attacks for political reasons, in support of the PTI/PAT protesters, reports dawn.com:

BDST: 2124 HRS, SEP 01, 2014