by Bob Walsh
It seems that the "accidental" incoming missile alert in Hawaii was in fact sent deliberately and not accidentally. The operator who hit the button did not notice that all the messages were marked that they were in fact tests and asserted that he was not clued in that they were doing internal testing of the "this is not a test" messages at the facility. There were five people in the room when this happened and it seems that none of the other operators in the room noticed that the guy sent the OMG RUN FOR YOUR LIVES message. I guess they don't talk much there.
The guy who hit the button has been fired and the head of the Hawaii emergency response system has offered his resignation.
Whoops.
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