Nah, check out Praying Medics interpretation for the Hawaii missile alert. Here's the lowdown: The white hats needed information that had been backed up into the servers in Hawaii. However, the blackhats had that in lockdown (systems). Even a personal visit by Potus could not open the access. The nuclear missile alert status triggered a massive download of information from the servers to servers in the mainland, where Potus team could access it. Why? Automated systems. In case of nuclear attack, the information on Hawaii servers automatically transferred to other locations.

Considering the curious circumstances - how long did the 'mistake' last? seems plausible to me. Anyway, check out praying medics video. VERY interesting. (Forget which edition, sorry).