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"Our investigation showed that the hackers are staying in Europe. At this stage, we believed they may be Thais living in Germany," Pol Col Yannaphon Yangyuen, chief of DSI's technology and information section said.

The hackers plastered the opening page of the ICT website with a moving image of a smiling Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted prime minister, confronting his nemesis, coup-maker General Sonthi Boonyaratglin.

The animation against a black background showed Thaksin grinning and waving his hand, with the message "take back your dictatorship and return our Thailand" next to it.

It was displayed at about 11:50am for about 10 minutes until the page was removed. The site was taken offline until 2pm.

Yannaphon said that the ICT did not ask the DSI to find the hackers. His statement that the hackers were possibly Thais in Germany was from his own investigation.

The ICT meanwhile filed a complaint with police over the hackers.