Some computer systems of the powerful American Central Bank were victims on Wednesday of an
"operational error"
which disrupted their operation, said the Fed, without giving more details or indicating whether it is a failure or 'a hack.
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"An operational error by the Federal Reserve has disrupted several services,"
a spokeswoman for the Fed told AFP.
"We are in the process of restoring the proper functioning of these services and communicating with all financial services clients of the Federal Reserve on the state of operations,"
she added.
The affected payment system
The disturbances began this Wednesday late morning.
According to American media, it is the payment system linking the Fed to commercial banks that is affected.
The Federal Reserve is indeed the bank of banks.
The system
"which allows financial institutions to send money electronically and take it back was down for several hours Wednesday,"
according to the CNBC site.
