False Missile Alert Blunder: Hawaii Governor Forgot His Twitter Password

Remember that false missile scare earlier this month in Hawaii?  You know, the one that took 38 minutes to officially withdraw?  Turns out it probably could have been resolved a little bit sooner, but Governor David Ige forgot his Twitter password.  Apparently it took them 17 minutes to do a password reset, because that's how long it took to sent out a Tweet, despite knowing the alert was a mistake within 2 minutes of it being issued.

The Governor says he nows has the Twitter app installed on his phone.  Let's just hope that his new password is NOT password123456.  Read more here. 


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