"We're tracing the source of the attack to the best of our ability," said Fenville mayor Archie Leach.

   Denial-of-Service attacks are common on the internet, usually targeting many servers on a large scale. Smaller-scale attacks are less common, but not unknown. "Something similar to this happened a few years ago in California," said the mayor. "A small town in the northern part of the state was almost completely shutdown. Even power was cut in that attack. We just got lucky." Federal charges will be filed when the culprit is identified.