The New York Stock Exchange unexpectedly shut down trading in all of its listed stocks Wednesday morning.
The exchange said on Twitter: "The issue we are experiencing is an internal technical issue and is not the result of a cyber breach."
A trader on the floor of the exchange in lower Manhattan, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that after the suspension began, traders were told that the problem was related to updated software that was rolled out before markets opened Wednesday.
Trading was resumed around 3:00 PM after having been down since 11:30 AM.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by ikanreed on Thursday July 09 2015, @02:09PM
Nope, forget it. Clients do get it wrong sometimes(okay, often), but good developers are supposed to handle that. Trying to apportion blame for these almost inevitable failings is a mental trap.