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Hawaii false missile alert blamed on human error

The FCC is blaming human error and faulty safeguards for a false missile alert that set off a panic in Hawaii earlier this month. The FCC said the panic started when an employee mistook a drill for a real warning about a missile threat, and sent the warning.
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