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Watch out for sharks: The bizarre history of internet outages (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

In 2011, a 75-year-old woman took all 2.9 million Armenians offline when she sliced through that cable with a spade near the Georgian village of Ksani. The woman, who was scavenging for copper at the time, was arrested but reportedly let go soon after because of her advanced age. She later told reporters: "I have no idea what the internet is."

lol, what a great story