Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was halted – Aftonbladet

All trading on the New York Stock Exchange was halted for several hours on Wednesday.

According to the FBI, there is no suspicion of crime – but yesterday hinted hacker network Anonymous to attack was imminent:

“I wonder if tomorrow will be bad for Wall Street,” they wrote on Twitter.

Trading on the stock market was stopped at 17:32 Swedish time, 11:32 local time.

– We are currently experiencing technical difficulties that we are working to resolve as soon as possible. We come with more updates as soon as we can, ‘said a spokesperson for the stock market according to ABC News.

no connection with flight peak

The US Department of Homeland Security (Homeland Security) and FBI say they do not suspect crime or that hackers would be behind the stop. Nor should the error be related to the technical problems that made all United Airlines flights temporarily halted Wednesday morning.

The New York Stock Exchange said later Wednesday that the problems can be caused by attempts to remedy minor technical problems that arose during the morning.

In his own Twitter account writes the New York Stock Exchange:

“The problem is an internal technical problem and not the result of a cyber attack.”

Obama informed

A cryptic messages written by the hacker network Anonymous yesterday suggest that it would be able to move about a planned attack:

“I wonder if tomorrow will be bad for the Wall Street … we can only hope. “

President Barack Obama was informed early about the suspension, writes BuzzFeed News political reporter Evan McMorris-Santoro on Twitter.

According to Reuters came trade Started again at 15.10 local time, 10.21 Swedish time.