You've
been told for years to stop and think twice before hitting "send." That
goes double and triple if you are testing graphics to be used only in
an emergency. An incident Tuesday most likely caused a few hearts to
skip a beat among U.S. Air Force personnel.
The
message read “MISSILE INBOUND. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!” as it took
over the screens of Air Force personnel working at the 52nd Fighter Wing
at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany, earlier this week.
It was
accidentally sent out to all terminals through the bases AtHoc emergency
alert system that is typically used for weather updates. Spokesman Maj.
Bryon McGarry told Stars and Stripes, “One of the command post
controllers was building a template for this specific thing that was
posted.” The message was intended to only go to one person but he
“inadvertently sent it to everybody.” Eight minutes after the message
announcing impending doom popped up, a soothing blue screen went out
across the base’s terminals telling everyone to chill out.
But the original image was saved and shared. Someone added an embarrassed face to the original message and posted it to
Air Force amn/nco/snco at Facebook. Read
the entire story at Gizmodo
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