The White House says NYSE trading halt not caused by "malicious actors"

The White House confirmed on Wednesday that there was no indication of cyber-attacks in the trading suspension of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Speaking at the daily briefing, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters that U.S. President Barack Obama had already received briefing by his homeland security adviser on the technology issues which caused the NYSE to halt trading earlier Wednesday.

"At this point, there is no indication that malicious actors were involved in these technology issues," said Earnest.

The NYSE halted trading in all securities for an undisclosed technology reason from 11:32 a.m. on Wednesday.

"We're currently experiencing a technical issue that we're working to resolve as quickly as possible," Marissa Arnold, an NYSE spokeswoman, said in an e-mailed statement. "We will be providing further updates as soon as we can, and are doing our utmost to produce a swift resolution, communicate thoroughly and transparently, and ensure a timely and orderly market re-open."

According to NYSE and U.S. officials, Wednesday's technical issues were not caused by cyber attacks. The incident happened hours after the United Airlines grounded planes at U.S. airports for two hours due to a computer glitch. Enditem