Elderly Woman Single-Handedly Shuts Down Armenian Internet‎

 

A 75-year-old Georgian woman who says she has never even heard of the internet is facing a possible prison sentence for single-handedly cutting off the web to an entire country.

 

Georgian police arrested Hayastan Shakarian after she allegedly hacked through a fibre optic cable that runs through Georgia to Armenia, while digging for copper.

 

With one stroke, the pensioner plunged 90% of internet users in Armenia into online darkness for nearly 12 hours.

 

The episode is a timely reminder that all it takes in our hi-tech world to shut down thousands of companies for a day is a determined old lady with a spade.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13158351

Appears to be a bit of a saw point................................ :rolleyes: