Hawaii Emergency management password post-it note in news story.

[pete]

Hawaii Emergency Management shows news crew around office in PR attempt to make amends for missile blunder, makes things far worse by confirming they store passwords on monitors.

 

Hawaiian Emergency Management Officials Hold Interview - Have Post-It Notes of Legible Passwords on Their Computer Screens

 

Wonder if password also lets you make spurious missile alerts?

[jthompson]

Presumably it's been that same password for ages: the note is sellotaped on, suggesting it's an old, dried up note that keeps falling off.

[3s-gtech]

Hey, at least they're running an (internet connected) OS which still receives patches. The fact that the users, and their software, are borderline incompetent is another matter of course

[Davit2005]

I thought the password would be joshua or am I getting confused with an early 80's film about computer game trying to start world war 3. Edited January 16, 2018 by Davit2005

[ADMaster]

"Lets play a game"

[psydii]

How about a nice game of chess?