Hawaii Gov. couldn’t flag false missile alert on Twitter – didn’t know password
Two words, governor: password manager. Continue reading Hawaii Gov. couldn’t flag false missile alert on Twitter – didn’t know password
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Yes, Hawaii emergency management stuck a password on a sticky note
… and nobody bothered to vet the photo taken of that sticky note and distributed by AP. Continue reading Yes, Hawaii emergency management stuck a password on a sticky note
Smashing Security #061: Fallout over Hawaii missile false alarm
User interfaces and poor procedures lead to pandemonium in Hawaii, hackers are attempting to trick victims into opening cryptocurrency-related email attachments, and yet more pox-ridden apps are found in Android’s Google Play store.
All this and much m… Continue reading Smashing Security #061: Fallout over Hawaii missile false alarm
Go Ahead and Put Your Password on a Post-It Note
Many are shaming the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency for keeping passwords on post-its, but the practice isn’t always a terrible idea. Continue reading Go Ahead and Put Your Password on a Post-It Note
Hawaii’s missile alert agency keeps its password on a Post-it note
Last Saturday the people of Hawaii received a terrifying alert about a ballistic missile heading its way. Thankfully, the alert turned out to have been sent in error by the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.
Now evidence has come to light that some of… Continue reading Hawaii’s missile alert agency keeps its password on a Post-it note
Hawaii’s missile alert agency keeps its password on a Post-it note
Last Saturday the people of Hawaii received a terrifying alert about a ballistic missile heading its way. Fortunately the alert was a false alarm, caused by a worker who was supposed to send an internal test, and accidentally chose the wrong menu item…. Continue reading Hawaii’s missile alert agency keeps its password on a Post-it note
Hawaii missile alert triggered by one wrong click
The false alarm about a missile was too easy to make and too hard to stop Continue reading Hawaii missile alert triggered by one wrong click
You’ll Really Want An “Undo” Button When You Accidentally Send A Ballistic Missile Warning
Hawaiians started their weekend with quite a fright, waking up Saturday morning to a ballistic missile alert that turned out to be a false alarm. In between the public anger, profuse apologies from officials, and geopolitical commentary, it might be hard to find some information for the more technical-minded. For this audience, The Atlantic has compiled a brief history of infrastructure behind emergency alerts.
As a system intended to announce life-critical information when seconds count, all information on the system is prepared ahead of time for immediate delivery. As a large hodgepodge linking together multiple government IT systems, there’s no …read more
You’ll Really Want An “Undo” Button When You Accidentally Send A Ballistic Missile Warning
Hawaiians started their weekend with quite a fright, waking up Saturday morning to a ballistic missile alert that turned out to be a false alarm. In between the public anger, profuse apologies from officials, and geopolitical commentary, it might be hard to find some information for the more technical-minded. For this audience, The Atlantic has compiled a brief history of infrastructure behind emergency alerts.
As a system intended to announce life-critical information when seconds count, all information on the system is prepared ahead of time for immediate delivery. As a large hodgepodge linking together multiple government IT systems, there’s no …read more
Hawaii’s ballistic missile false alarm and a user interface failure
Each and everyone of us goofs up every day – the only difference is that for most of us it doesn’t make international headlines.
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