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.”
Та-дам! Секретаріат КМУ по ходу теж "обвалили". Мережа лежить. pic.twitter.com/B74jMsT0qs
— Rozenko Pavlo (@RozenkoPavlo) June 27, 2017
So what message did they send online to reassure people that everything was under control?
Some of our gov agencies, private firms were hit by a virus. No need to panic, we’re putting utmost efforts to tackle the issue pic.twitter.com/RsDnwZD5Oj
— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) June 27, 2017
The meme has been described “as shorthand for when a situation becomes so terrible our brains refuse to grapple with its severity.”
I'm not quite sure Ukraine grasped the broader meaning of this meme https://t.co/bR2Vil4GD3
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) June 27, 2017
Here it is in full (let’s hope it doesn’t come to that).