Caucasus internet outage (2011)
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| Date | March 2011 |
|---|---|
| Actor | Individual based in Georgia |
| Victims | Armenia, Azerbaijan |
| Target systems | International fibre optic cable in Georgia |
| Method | In March 2011, a person in Georgia accidentally damaged an international fibre optic cable that connected parts of Caucasus with Europe.[1] |
| Purpose | N/A |
| Result | The incident caused a 12 hour internet outage in Armenia, with partial disruptions in Georgia and Azerbaijan.[1] |
| Aftermath | N/A |
| Analysed in | Scenario 24: Internet blockage |
Collected by: Gurshabad Grover & Arindrajit Basu
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Giorgi Lomsadze, ‘A Shovel Cuts Off Armenia’s Internet’ Wall Street Journal (8 April 2011).