Yokohama Accidentally Tweets That NK Missile Is Inbound

ForgedArtificer writes "Earlier today, the Crisis Management Office Affairs Bureau for the city of Yokohama, Japan had some startling news for its followers; to wit, a North Korean missile was on its way to Japan. The tweet stayed up for about 20 minutes before being removed and replaced with an apology. The city reports that a pre-written tweet was released due to a malfunction in the 'mechanism' that would have released the tweet at the appropriate time."

Comments

Re:Pre-written?

[medv4380]

It's automated because they're using the same system that they use for earthquakes notifications. They're just lucky it only posted to twitter, and not a full Text Bombing Emergency Alert. They have a far better EBS then the US, but it still has bugs. Most of the US EBS are just pre-recorded messages with general instructions that later lead to your more personalized message, and instructions.

Prior Art

[seven of five]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_begin_bombing_in_five_minutes

1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident

[happyhamster]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident