Japans Public Broadcaster Mistakenly Sends Out North Korean Missile Alert

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: AP/Talking Points Memo

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s public broadcaster mistakenly sent an alert warning citizens of a North Korean missile launch and urging them to seek immediate shelter, then retracted it minutes later, days after a similar error in Hawaii.

NHK television issued the message Tuesday on its internet and mobile news sites as well as on Twitter, saying North Korea appeared to have fired a missile at Japan. It said the government was telling people to take shelter.
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NHK deleted its tweet after several minutes, issued a correction and apologized several times on air. It said a mistake in using the alert system caused the error.



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[Iliyah]

1. Oops

Everyone is nervous.

[PubliusEnigma]

2. Are these hacks??

[underpants]

3. They're claiming they aren't

but I don't know. Seems pretty suspicious to me.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action"...Ian Fleming

[Mrs. Overall]

4. That's what I am wondering. They don't want to make a public statement about

having been hacked (both Japan and the US), so these events are reported as user error.

As someone stated in a post from Sunday, most of us have to confirm three times whether we want to delete an email. The push of a single button to announce a nuclear attack seems preposterous.

[BadGimp]

15. I'd bet money they are!!

The irony of our enemies (and there are many foreign and domestic), weaponizing our own defense systems to attack us.

[MontanaMama]

5. Seems we've had these early

warning systems in place for decades and NOW there's two user error issues in two separate countries a couple days apart? Doesn't pass the smell test to me.

Is there any official look/see into this? Will we ever even know?

[cilla4progress]

6. Russian hacks

Intended to start wars

Only logical conclusion.

Occams razor.

Next one could be real and the response will be delayed because of these false alarms.

[HopeAgain]

7. But your not speculating...

or anything like that.

[cilla4progress]

8. Yep

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Or intended to test our response time.. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Doesn't have to be Russia

Could be NK too...

[Iggo]

11. Mm-hmm.

[C Moon]

12. 'Would you like to play a game?'

[0rganism]

14. fancy that! what a coincidence!

amazing isn't it?