MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Anonymous hacktivist group may have been behind Wednesday's abrupt halt in trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), British media alleged Thursday.
NYSE suspended trading in all symbols at around 11:30 a.m. local time (15:30 GMT) for over three hours following glitches that affected United Airlines and the Wall Street Journal. The White House and the US Homeland Security Department have stated that the technical difficulties did not appear to be caused by "malicious" or "nefarious" activity.
The Independent asserts that a Twitter account associated with Anonymous may have had inside knowledge of the latest incident, referring to a message it posted a day before the NYSE glitch.
Wonder if tomorrow is going to be bad for Wall Street…. we can only hope.
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) July 8, 2015
The account describes itself as a "signal boost for Anonymous operations, resistance movements & journalism."
A Fox News analyst mentioned the tweet in Wednesday's broadcast, describing it as taking on "more of a conspiracy tone." USA Today also mentioned the message in its review of the incident.
The New York Stock Exchange is owned by Intercontinental Exchange, or ICE. It is the largest stock exchange in the world with over $16.69 trillion in listed companies as of May 2015, according to the World Federation of Exchanges.
