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Ukraine hit by huge cyberattack, chooses unusual way to reassure people

Ukraine has been hit by a huge cyber attack taking down its national bank, state power company and largest airport, as well as leaving the government and politicians unable to access their computers.

“We have a network down,” wrote Rozenko Pavlo, the deputy Prime Minister. “This image is being displayed by all computers of the government.”

So what message did they send online to reassure people that everything was under control?

The meme has been described “as shorthand for when a situation becomes so terrible our brains refuse to grapple with its severity.”

Here it is in full (let’s hope it doesn’t come to that).