January 30, 2018 08:00 pm
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False Hawaii Missile Alert Sent After Drill Recording Said 'This Is Not A Drill'
A false ballistic missile alert in Hawaii was sent on January 13 because an emergency worker believed there really was a missile threat, according to a preliminary investigation by The Federal Communications Commission. From a report: The report finds that the false alert was not the result of a worker choosing the wrong alert by accident from a drop-down menu, but rather because the worker misunderstood a drill as a true emergency. The drill incorrectly included the language "This is not a drill."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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