saying the state’s software contained a menu option that allowed a live alert to be sent in place of a test, a problem that several people quickly categorized as a design failure. The state ...

The malicious code in question? An infinite loop that popped up an alert message, immediately showing a new message each time you click OK. Those curious to see the code can see it in action here ...

“This will be in UX [user experience] design textbooks for years to come,” freelance technology writer Owen Williams said on Twitter Monday. Around 38 minutes after the alert went out to ...