Fujitsu apologizes after Tokyo Stock Exchange suffers worst ‘crash’ in history

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) suffered its worst service outage ever on Thursday when a technical glitch sent its entire system offline for the entire day. The exchange said a hardware fault discovered at around 7am local time eventually led to system-wide failure after backup infrastructure failed to boot, reports The Financial Times. TSE is the third largest stock exchange in the world, supporting trade for more than 3,000 stocks. Brokerages are reportedly still accepting customer requests but cannot promise trades will actually be put through. “We apologize for any inconvenience caused to the concerned parties because of a failure…

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