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Just saw this news item on Yahoo, some old woman digging for scrap metal crashed the internet in 2 countries :lol:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20110407/twl-scavenging-oap-crashes-georgia-s-int-3fd0ae9.html
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20110407/twl-scavenging-oap-crashes-georgia-s-int-3fd0ae9.html
Scavenging OAP Crashes Georgia's Internet
An old lady digging for scrap metal has brought down internet services to two countries after slicing through an important fibre-optic cable.
Georgian police arrested the 75-year-old pensioner after she single-handedly cut off Internet connections in Georgia and neighbouring Armenia, the interior ministry said.
The woman hacked into the cable which runs through Georgia to Armenia, forcing internet users in both countries offline.
"She found the cable while collecting scrap metal and cut it with a view to stealing it," Georgian interior ministry spokesman Zura Gvenetadze said.
She was arrested in the village of Ksani, north of capital Tbilisi, and has been charged with damaging property.
The pensioner could face up to three years in prison if convicted. (Only 3 years? Give the b@stard life for stopping people going on Twitter and FB with her antics :lol
"Taking into account her advancing years, she has been released pending the end of the investigation and subsequent trial," Mr Gvenetadze said.
The attempted cable theft last week brought down internet services for several hours.
Many Georgians' internet connections were also cut in 2009 by another scavenger who damaged the fibre-optic cable while hunting for scrap metal in the impoverished ex-Soviet state.
The company that owns the cable, Georgian Railway Telecom (GRT), said that the latest damage was serious.
It caused 90% of private and corporate online users in Armenia to lose access for nearly 12 hours while also hitting Georgian internet service providers.
"I cannot understand how this lady managed to find and damage the cable," GRT head of marketing Giorgi Ionatamishvili said.
"It has robust protection and such incidents are extremely rare."
GRT's slogan is "your reliable partner in the Caucasus region" and its fibre-optic network is also connected to Turkey and Azerbaijan.
