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Wasn't that due to someone manually activating it because they thought there was an actual credible threat?
Might be misremembering though.
Sort of, it was during an unscheduled drill and even though they said it was a test before the message they read said “this is not a drill” and an employee sent the message.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_alert
Just think, the same mistake could've happened the opposite way.