[MP-Ryan]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/75-year-old-accused-of-bringing-down-georgia-armenia-internet/article1974944/

An elderly Georgian woman who allegedly shut off Internet service in her country and neighbouring Armenia while scavenging for copper cable is facing charges that could lead to three years in prison.

Authorities say 75-year-old Aiyastan Shakaryan severed a fibreoptics cable on March 28, shutting off the information highway in much of Georgia and all of Armenia for several hours. The cable ran parallel to a railroad track in eastern Georgia where she was allegedly scavenging.

Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Zurab Gvenetadze said Thursday she has been charged with property destruction, which carries a sentence of up to three years, but it's probable she would get a lighter sentence because of her age.

Shakaryan on Thursday told television channel Imedi that she isn't guilty.

I'm sorry, but I just have to do this...

BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

*GASP*

...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 

[Flipside]

Read about this, I wish I knew more details of the case, since it seems to me that there is a strange irony in there (or at the least, a strange coppery ).

[MP-Ryan]

Read about this, I wish I knew more details of the case, since it seems to me that there is a strange irony in there (or at the least, a strange coppery ).

I see what you did there 

[StarSlayer]

[Mongoose]

Nice to know those nations' infrastructures are so robust.

[headdie]

Nice to know those nations' infrastructures are so robust.

I'm actually impressed the downtime was only a few hours

[Flipside]

The jokes about Digg or Shovelware are bound to follow.....

[Slasher]

Nice to know those nations' infrastructures are so robust.

No kidding.  One cable and they lose the internets?  At least her defense can be that she was looking to steal copper cable, not fiber optic cable. 

[Lucika]

How deep are those cables? 20 cm?

[Dragon]

Two countries on a single cable?
Less than a meter underground?
And I thought my connection was bad... 

[Kszyhu]

Now, that's DoS done right. And who said that manual hacking doesn't work?

[headdie]

Now, that's DoS done right. And who said that manual hacking doesn't work?

lol

well chuckle out loud

[-Sara-]

Just give the woman a loaf of bread and tell her off. 75 and to jail? Pfft.

It's a bit shocking a countries communications can be leveled by cutting a wire.

[Kolgena]

Now, that's DoS done right. And who said that manual hacking doesn't work?