Repeat after me:

This is all perfectly normal for software releases

This is not the result of having replaced America's homegrown brightest and best with cheap global labor from countries that hate the US

There is no evidence that this is an act of terrorism

This was not done on purpose to give the PPT (Plunge Protection Team) time to control a massive sell off

NYSE, United Airlines, WSJ.com hit with computer issues
Published July 08, 2015FoxNews.com

Trading was halted for more than two hours on the New York Stock Exchange floor Wednesday after an internal technical issue was detected – amid other cyber glitches that officials are investigating but have not yet determined to be connected or part of any cyberattack.

Trading stopped around 11:30 a.m. ET though NYSE; listed shares continued to trade on other exchanges such as the Nasdaq.

The New York Stock Exchange, which is owned by Intercontinental Exchange, has experienced technical difficulties in the past.

Though the NYSE -- the world’s largest stock exchange based on market capitalization -- has experienced technical ticks in the past, Wednesday’s issue was out of the ordinary.

Shortly after the outage, which was unusual and symbolic, the NYSE tweeted that the issue was internal and not a breach.

"The issue we are experiencing is an internal technical issue and is not the result of a cyber breach," the exchange tweeted. "We chose to suspend trading on NYSE to avoid problems arising from our technical issue."

Still, the timing of the event coincided with other cyber glitches Wednesday, including a computer issue that temporarily grounded all United Airlines flights as well as an outage on The Wall Street Journal’s homepage. In that case, the newspaper’s homepage displayed a 504 outage while other sections on the paper’s website continued to function.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson tried to allay fears, saying, “It appears from what we know at this stage that the malfunctions at United and at the stock exchange were not the result of any nefarious actor.”

He added, “We know less about the Wall Street Journal at this point except that their system is back up again as is the United Airline system.”

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said at Wednesday’s briefing that there is no indication at this point that “malicious actors” were involved. He said NYSE officials are in close contact with federal officials.

The White House confirmed to Fox News that President Obama had been briefed on the NYSE situation.

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., the top Democrat on the cybersecurity subcommittee, told Fox News that the NYSE incident has “the appearance” of a cyberattack and noted the coordination of multiple sites.

An FBI official told Fox News that the bureau has offered its assistance concerning the NYSE situation, but at this time it does not appear to be nefarious.

Stocks had already been trading lower Wednesday when the glitch occurred as traders remained skeptical over China’s inability to stop a steep drop in its own market. Traders have also been skittish as talks between Greece and its creditors seemed to have stalled.

Fox News’ Chad Pergram and Matthew Dean contributed to this report.

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