The OFFICIAL Hawaii Missile Alert False Alarm Conspiracy Thread

The alert system was likely hacked, and the government doesn't want to admit that the system could be hacked into.

Hacked wrote:

The alert system was likely hacked, and the government doesn't want to admit that the system could be hacked into.

+1

Its Putin and his guys stirring the pot.

Hacked wrote:

The alert system was likely hacked, and the government doesn't want to admit that the system could be hacked into.

Thanks for the OP for highlighting the question. Following Occam's razor, the hacked answer is the best I've seen. If they are petty enough to state sponsor doping, and then release those TUEs, they would definitely do this.

My follow up question is how do you stop it? In this day and age, I would think its impossible to hack-proof an alarm system like that.

hacking was my first thought whether by Russkies or someone else but this is a SERIOUS question.

zero chance it was 'operator error', hah hah.

Maybe it was the "missing" Zuma satellite?

It was payback for the diss from one of those $hithole countries

The year huhhhhhj wrote:

Anyone who believes either option is just plain wacko. No way no other country doesn’t either detect or see the missle mid flight.

Please don’t spoil this thread with facts, common sense or intelligence. The pure beautiful raging stupidity of conspiracy theorists is something to sit back and enjoy. Alternatively you can stoke their idiocy with some quality troll posts. But otherwise stay silent and let the rest of us marvel and enjoy the depth of stupidity of the American people. MA-GA, the sweet wonderful idiocy of MA-GA; endless hours of comedic joy.

If it was an actual missile launched then there likely would be eyewitness reports from boats, weather sats, etc.

Would be hard to keep under wraps.

Harambe wrote:

If it was an actual missile launched then there likely would be eyewitness reports from boats, weather sats, etc.

Would be hard to keep under wraps.

I think the government has ways to keep things under wraps.

If you know what I mean

Hacked wrote:

The alert system was likely hacked, and the government doesn't want to admit that the system could be hacked into.

Now that you say that, I think this is the most likely scenario. I hadn't considered that but should have.

And seriously people...you think some state employee accidentally pushed a button and triggered the alert, but we are the crazy ones? Come on...

But who hacked it?

I doubt it was some kid in his mom's basement. Probably the Chinese checking out our response rate. There will probably be a few more of these until we have no confidence in the system and ignore it. The the Chinese will tell Kim to launch the missiles.

And you'd be wrong. It was just that simple.

The Guru Matt James wrote:

Something tells me it can't be that simple. I highly doubt you can "accidentally" push a button like that.

Tommy2Nuttz wrote:

And you'd be wrong. It was just that simple.

The Guru Matt James wrote:

Something tells me it can't be that simple. I highly doubt you can "accidentally" push a button like that.

Indeed -- no one pushed a wrong button. The entire system is run on switches. Someone flipped the wrong switch. Glad I could clear this up for all of you well-informed citizens.

Leave it alone wrote:

The year huhhhhhj wrote:

Anyone who believes either option is just plain wacko. No way no other country doesn’t either detect or see the missle mid flight.

Please don’t spoil this thread with facts, common sense or intelligence. The pure beautiful raging stupidity of conspiracy theorists is something to sit back and enjoy. Alternatively you can stoke their idiocy with some quality troll posts. But otherwise stay silent and let the rest of us marvel and enjoy the depth of stupidity of the American people. MA-GA, the sweet wonderful idiocy of MA-GA; endless hours of comedic joy.

0/10 ? You're weird...don't you have any homework to do? ?

Planted by US intelligence agencies to distract from the Democrat votes for FISA section 702 renewal.

Sara Palin wrote:

Following Occam's razor, the hacked answer is the best I've seen.

Applying Occam's razor to politics and diplomacy, where things are deliberately NOT as simple as they seem, is incredibly naive.

But as long as you're applying it, an action by people with authorized access easily beats the speculation and added complexity of unauthorized access by an unknown person. Then you have to explain who and how, which you don't even attempt. Quit trying to hide your cognitive bias behind science, you just want it to be hackers, and I'm sure I know hackers from where, too.

Harambe wrote:

If it was an actual missile launched then there likely would be eyewitness reports from boats, weather sats, etc.

Would be hard to keep under wraps.

Oh...sure, so a bunch of North Koreans working in the fields are going to grab their government controlled cellphones and call who?

What's up with this? wrote:

Leave it alone wrote:

Please don’t spoil this thread with facts, common sense or intelligence. The pure beautiful raging stupidity of conspiracy theorists is something to sit back and enjoy. Alternatively you can stoke their idiocy with some quality troll posts. But otherwise stay silent and let the rest of us marvel and enjoy the depth of stupidity of the American people. MA-GA, the sweet wonderful idiocy of MA-GA; endless hours of comedic joy.

0/10 ? You're weird...don't you have any homework to do? ?

The only course I’m taking this semester is a graduate course on quantum field theory, and no, I have no homework but I do have a paper to write. Thank you for asking. Please watch out for the spaceships, secret missiles, and spaceships launching secret missiles, it’s dangerous out there.

Probably the Russians. And if it wasn't them, Obama or the Clintons.