In 2018, residents of Hawaii received an alert of incoming missiles,
with a tag that "this is not a drill." Panic ensued, and it was 38
minutes before the news followed that it was a false alarm. How did it
happen? The explanation was that an employee pushed the wrong button.
There is speculation that it was an option in a drop-down menu. The
video above is an easy explanation, because it's happened to all of us. (via reddit)
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Here is a link to the actual screen https://twitter.com/CivilBeat/status/953127542050795520
IIRC when it was declassified, the 'Secret' US Nuclear Missile Code during the Cold War was '00000000' so not a surprise given that level of planning.
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