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On Wednesday morning, NYSE trading abruptly stopped.

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson is giving a speech right now about this ongoing story. Watch it live:

On Wednesday morning, the New York Stock Exchange abruptly stopped trading for some reason. An NYSE representative told Bloomberg "We're currently experiencing a technical issue that we're working to resolve as quickly as possible." There hasn't been an explanation yet.

What's making this weird is that a tweet from Anonymous's twitter account emerged yesterday, and it's eerily resonant given the events of this morning:

Wonder if tomorrow is going to be bad for Wall Street…. we can only hope.

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews)July 8, 2015

We will update with more information as this story develops.