KUALA LUMPUR: The group of hackers, identifying themselves as Dragonforce Malaysia, launched a second round of cyberattacks on Indian websites early today.
The group, through its Twitter handle, claimed to have taken down two websites of the Delhi University and installed backdoors and Remote Access Trojans (RAT) on the institution's other sites.
Previously, the hackers hacked close to 70 government websites and private portals in India on Sunday, including the official websites of the Indian embassy in Israel and the Institute of Science, Nagpur.
The Times of India, on Monday, reported that the group defaced more than 50 websites in the state of Maharashtra alone.
The cyberattack campaign, referred to as "Ops Patuk" by the hackers, is believed to be a retaliation against the offensive remarks made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson, Nupur Sharma, against Prophet Muhammad.
Malaysia, on June 7, joined a host of Muslim countries and organisations, including Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to protest against the disparaging remarks.
The High Commissioner of India to Malaysia, on June 8, said Nupur's offensive remarks do not represent views of the Indian government.
However, the issue has prompted self-styled vigilante hackers from various countries to attack Indian websites.
The Times of India, on Tuesday, reported that hacker groups took down more than 250 websites over the last three days. Among the latest websites that were attacked include websites of the Thane City Police and Judicial Academy in Maharashtra.