87,000 Panicked Because of a Flawed User Interface

This morning, I received an email from the Illini-Alert system with the subject of “Active Shooter/Threat”, and it said: Active shooter at BUILDING NAME/INTERSECTION. Escape area if safe to do so or shield/secure your location. As found out later, 87,000 email addresses and cellphones also received the same message. 15 minutes later, another email said [...]