Egypt claims cyberattack halted New York Stock Exchange

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TEL AVIV – While the White House says there is “no indication” of malicious intent regarding the technical issues that shut down the New York Stock Exchange, an Egyptian official told WND his country had information indicating the exchange was hit by a cyberattack.

The Egyptian official would not divulge any details, including the source of the intelligence.

WND could not independently corroborate the information.

Earlier Wednesday, trading was completely halted on the New York Stock Exchange floor for nearly four hours. Meanwhile, United Airlines flights were grounded for about two hours due to computer issues, and the Wall Street Journal's website was down temporarily after the NYSE halted trading.

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The NYSE announced in a Twitter message that the “issue we are experiencing is an internal technical issue and is not the result of a cyber breach.”

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Before the closure, the NYSE released an alert about "a reported issue with a gateway connection" affecting certain symbols.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the White House was monitoring the situation and that there is "no indication that there are malicious actors involved.”

The FBI told reporters the agency will "monitor the situation" while "no further law enforcement action is need at this time."

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson denied any link between the United Airlines issue and the NYSE closure.

On Tuesday, the Anonymous hacker group tweeted a suspicious statement about Wall Street.

“Wonder if tomorrow is going to be bad for Wall Street ... we can only hope,” Anonymous tweeted.