Then, the New York Stock Exchange halted trading.
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And when something external happens to remind us that our whole, digitally inspired existence hinges on connections beyond our control … well, let’s just say it’s not surprising that we get a little paranoid.
Trading has resumed on the New York Stock Exchange after an outage of more than three hours caused by technical problems. Some may be related to connectivity with other exchanges.
The director of floor operations told CNBC’s Art Cashin that “it been a little bit of a bumpy day”.
United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) was forced to ground thousands of flights earlier in the morning due to what it described as a “computer problem”. “We fixed the router issue, which is enabling us to restore normal functions”.
“We’ve had some technical malfunctions”.
The airline’s customers took to social media with reports of long check-in lines and delayed flights.
For some time, the homepage was redirecting to what looks like a stripped-down version of the Journal’s homepage, but now the full homepage appears to be back up.
The homepage for the digital site of the Wall Street Journal experienced technical difficulties on Wednesday.
According to the Huffington Post’s Jennifer Bendery, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a statement that there is “no indication” of a cyber attack behind today’s suspicious incidents.
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The SEC said on Wednesday that it was closely monitoring the situation at NYSE.
