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"HEMA can’t publicize the actual screen because of security concerns — the system could then then be vulnerable to hackers, Rapoza said."

The level of incompetence is astounding!

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It's unreal.

> “We asked (Hawaii Emergency Management Agency) for a screenshot and that’s what they gave us,” Ige [Hawaii Governor] spokeswoman Jodi Leong told Civil Beat on Tuesday. “At no time did anybody tell me it wasn’t a screenshot.”

So the governor asked for a screenshot and they sent him a "mockup" instead of the actual interface?

I can only assume the actual interface was somehow even worse than the fake.

Given all of the incompetency here, including the awful UI, and the password on a sticky note that got leaked, I wouldn't be surprised if the links themselves leaked info like: "Send missile alert (confirmation password is hawaii1)".

Not claiming they are competent. However it may be the case that the real screenshot would be exactly as shown, but also includes few extra lines of "buttons" that have captions not meant for public audience. This ban may be coming from federal level. Or reveal they are using IE5 or something. Just a far-fetched theory.

However, I'd still stand with Peter here [1] and think they just could not get the "screenshot tool" installed to the machine.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

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