Hawaii missile alert stand-down delayed by lost login

State governor couldn’t correct false nuclear alarm because he forgot Twitter password

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The nuclear missile alert message was sent by mistake

Hawaii Governor David Ige has admitted he was unable to notify panicked residents that the nuclear missile alert earlier this month was a false alarm - because he couldn’t find his Twitter login and password.

The alert, sent to mobile phones statewide at 8.07am local time on 13 January, warned in capital letters: “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.” Believing a North Korean nuclear bomb was about to hit, some residents boarded up their homes, while others hid their children in sewers, the Daily Mail reports.

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