The White House says there is no indication that malicious actors are at play in the shut down at the New York Stock Exchange.
It also says there does not appear to be a link between the outage there and technical problems at United Airlines and the Wall Street Journal.
The president's press secretary Josh Earnest said the federal government was constantly alert to potential cyber threats.
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