A Twitter account that released salacious details of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews' divorce has been deleted, after several days of tweets that raised the ire of the government.

The unknown Twitter user, who used the handle Vikileaks30, signed off on Friday evening with a cryptic message.

"You are showing the government that the people have the real power. Farewell," said the tweet.

The account is no longer viewable.

Earlier in the day, Toews called for an investigation into the source of the account, which quickly gained thousands of followers by tweeting out short excerpts from the minister's recent divorce case.

The Twitter account was created earlier this week after the Conservatives introduced legislation requiring Internet service providers to monitor their clients' online activity.

Authorities would then have the ability to access much of that information without requiring a warrant.

The legislation triggered a backlash among civil rights advocates concerned the bill gives police too much power to look into Canadians' private online habits.

Before the account was deleted, another Friday evening tweet stated: "I am shutting down before any other innocent people are targeted. Please keep up the fight against #C30 Canada."

An investigation by the Ottawa Citizen determined the Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the Vikileaks30 Twitter account came from within the House of Commons.

According to the newspaper's investigation, the IP address has also been used to edit various Wikipedia pages with what appears to be a "pro-NDP" bias.

But whoever was behind the account denied that report.

"I am not in Ottawa. Many people have access to the email address. The Ottawa Citizen in particular is targeting the wrong person," said a tweet.

The New Democrats also said the Twitter account isn't connected to them and they want an apology from the Tories.

A spokesman for Toews said Friday the minister will be sending a letter to Speaker Andrew Scheer requesting a formal investigation.

On Friday in question period, Conservatives took aim at the NDP.

"The Conservatives are accusing the NDP of plotting this attack," said CTV parliamentary correspondent Richard Madan on Friday.

"Throughout question period John Baird, the foreign affairs minister, accused the NDP of engaging in dirty, sleazy tricks using taxpayer money through a House of Commons account."

The NDP has said they are interested in Toews' public life, not his private life, and the party has nothing to do with the account.

New Democrats have said the IP address is public, and the Twitter account could belong to anyone.

Technology analyst Carmi Levy told CTV's Power Play on Friday that tracking the source of a particular Internet activity is "not rocket science."

"One call to the IT department in the House of Commons will make it very easy to find out from which machine all these messages emanated and who was logged in at the time," he said.

"If you're not careful to cover your tracks when you're online, no one needs a warrant to find out where you are."

Every time you log online, be it from a desktop computer, a laptop or a smartphone, you leave footprints, Levy said.

"There's really no such thing as true anonymity online."

The fact that Toews finds himself a victim of the same technology he's trying to open up to more scrutiny is "the ultimate irony," Levy said.

If anything, Toews' Twitter troubles highlight the need "for more thought about what you should and shouldn't share online," social media strategist Shawna Newberry told Power Play.

"Everyone is entitled to their privacy."