Is the false activation of missile alarm caused by system UI design?

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An emergency alert was delivered on January 13, 2018 that a ballistic missile was launched for Hawaii. This alarm was erroneous, and about 38 minutes later correction information was delivered, but temporary panic occurred across Hawaii. The cause of the accidental warning was "I pushed the wrong button at the time of staff changeAlthough it is reported that it is reported that, when looking at the alarm UI, it was convincing that there was no way to make a mistake.

News organization based in Honolulu ·Honolulu Civil BeatThe missile warning on the 13th reported. At the end of the message is "This is not a drill." (This is not a training) ... ...

Hawaii residents just received a ballistic missile threat via text messagepic.twitter.com/VMjgjZPWob

- Honolulu Civil Beat (@ CivilBeat)January 13, 2018

Actually it was a mere mistake, nothing in training.

Hawaii Emergency Management sent out message saying the missile alert is a false alarm 45 minutes laterpic.twitter.com/Y79Phzearz

- Honolulu Civil Beat (@ CivilBeat)January 13, 2018

Honolulu Civil Beat pointed out that the cause is this is the UI of the alarm system. Originally, I should have clicked on the training alarm "DRILL - PACOM (CDW) - STATE ONLY" in the seventh row from the top, "PACOM (CDW) -" in the fifth line which is a real alarm not training, It seems that you clicked on "STATE ONLY".

The operator clicked the PACOM (CDW) State Only link. The drill link is the one that was supposed to be clicked.# Hawaiipic.twitter.com/lDVnqUmyHa

- Honolulu Civil Beat (@ CivilBeat)January 16, 2018

Hawaii Emergency Management AgencyIn regard to that, it is pointed out that the password may be written on the sticky note and stuck on the monitor.

Hawaiian Emergency Management Officials have Post-It notes of legible passwords on their computer screenspic.twitter.com/sYLno5jXYt

- Guido Not CISSP (@ 0x7fff9)January 16, 2018

If you do your best you can read the password This picture is one of the pictures taken by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher of the Associated Press on July 21, 2017. I feel that it is necessary not only to improve UI but also to improve the organizational structure.

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