Against the backdrop of the attack on its website by "
Pakistan Cyber Army", the CBI is considering to send its team to the US and Europe to trace hackers involved in the defacement.
Sources said the agency officials have pin-pointed three Internet Protocol (IP) address -- a unique numerical label borne by each computer in a network that use worldwide web for communications -- two originated from Seattle, Pennsylvania in the US and other in Daugavpils, Latvia in northern Europe.
They said the agency has moved a local court here seeking permission to access authorities in the US and Latvia for collecting information on the IP addresses.
The CBI had on December 4 last year registered a case against unknown persons of "
Pakistani Cyber Army" for hacking and defacement of its website under various Sections of Information Technology Act.