Friday, April 15, 2011

75-Year-Old Woman Accidentally Cuts Off Internet Access Georgia And Armenia

If an old lady can do this by accident, shutter to think what a well funded group of terrorists or mischief makers could do on purpose...

http://thenextweb.com/blog/2011/04/07/one-woman-cuts-off-all-internet-in-georgia-armenia

"A 75-year-old woman was recently arrested by the Georgian police after she single-handedly cut off Internet connections in Georgia and neighbouring Armenia.

AFP reports that the pensioner was digging for scrap metal with the intention of stealing it when she stumbled upon a fibre-optic cable which runs through Georgia to Armenia, forcing thousands of Internet users in both countries to lose Internet connection for several hours. Georgian Railway Telecom, the company that owns the cable, said that the latest damage was serious, causing 90 percent of private and corporate Internet users in Armenia to lose access for nearly 12 hours while also hitting Georgian Internet service providers.
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