Wow! Nenek Usil 75 Tahun 'Bunuh' Koneksi Internet di Dua Negara

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Peristiwa unik terjadi di Georgia. Seorang nenek usia 75 tahun dinyatakan bertanggung jawab memutus koneksi internet di Georgia dan negara tetangganya, Armenia, sehingga banyaknetter gagal berselancar di dunia maya.



Kementerian Dalam Negeri Georgia menyatakan wanita pensiunan itu awalnya menggali tanah untuk mencari besi atau benda yang bisa dijual. Nah, penggalian itu berujung pada kabel fiber optik yang mengalirkan koneksi internet di Georgia dan Armenia.



Tidak paham apa kegunaannya, sang nenek ini memotong dan merusak kabel tersebut. Maka putuslah koneksi internet di sebagian wilayah dua negara. Ribuan pengguna internet tak dapat mengakses internet selama beberapa jam.



"Ia menemukan kabel itu saat sedang mengumpulkan logam dan malah memotongnya dengan tujuan untuk mencuri," ucap Zura Gvenetadze, juru bicara Kementerian Dalam Negeri Georgia, diberitakan AFP.



Nenek yang dijuluki �hacker (peretas) sekop� itu sedang diselidiki karena merusak properti tersebut.



Nenek usil itu kini telah ditangkap dan terancam hukuman sampai 3 tahun penjara dengan dakwaan merusak properti.



Sejatinya, peristiwa semacam ini pernah terjadi pada tahun 2009 di mana kabel fiber optik juga dirusak seseorang.



Namun kali ini, skalanya lebih besar. Perusahaan pemilik kabel, Georgian Railway Telecom, menyatakan bahwa kerusakan membuat 90% user internet biasa dan korporat di Armenia kehilangan akses selama 12 jam. Demikian juga penyedia layanan internet di Georgia jadi terganggu.



"Saya tak mengerti bagaimana nenek ini bisa menemukan dan merusak kabel. Kabel itu terlindungi dan insiden semacam ini sangatlah langka," ucap Giorgio Ionatamishvili dari Georgian Railway Telecom. www.suaramedia.com

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OAP Shuts Down The Internet



An old woman from Georgia has inadvertently shut down her country�s internet supply.



She was digging for scrap metal in north of the capital, in a village named Ksani. She cut the cable whilst searching for copper. On discovering the cable, she attempted to steal it it and sell the copper for scrap. A Georgian interior ministry spokesman, Zura Gvenetadze has this to say;



�She found the cable while collecting scrap metal and cut it with a view to stealing it. Taking into account her advancing years, she has been released pending the end of the investigation and subsequent trial.�



Her misdemeanour brought down internet connections in Georgia for several hours, but the neighbouring country Armenia was worst affected, with 90% of all users being forced offline. The three main internet providers in Armenia � ArmenTel, GNC-Alfa and FiberNet Communication � could not provide internet service to the vast majority of their customers on 28th March. The cable was also connected to Azerbaijan and Turkey.



The pensioner could face up to three years in prison if convicted.



The company responsible for the fibre optic cable, Georgian Railway Telecom (GRT), released this statement;



�I cannot understand how this lady managed to find and damage the cable. It has robust protection and such incidents are extremely rare.�



Not that rare apparently. Unbelievably, this is not the first time this situation has occurred in Georgia. In 2009, many Georgians� internet connections were affected by a remarkably similar incident, also involving someone scavenging for scrap metal in the ex-Soviet state.



And it�s doubtful the previously mentioned �protection� qualifies as robust, unless the word robust has been redefined as �something a 75 year old woman can cut through and sell for scrap metal�.



GRT�s slogan is �your reliable partner in the Caucasus region�.



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